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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Al Franken Likes Weekend Voting

Here is Al Franken’s full response to the question we sent to him last week about increasing voter participation.

To watch Senator Norm Coleman’s response, click here.

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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Al Franken and Sen. Coleman Respond!

Last week we submitted a video question via YouChoose08 on YouTube to Senator Norm Coleman and Al Franken, who are up against each other for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota. We wanted to know what they would do to increase American voter participation. Well, they responded! (more…)

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