‘Al Gore’ Category

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Pelosi, Gore on Weekend Voting Act

Today at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas, I spoke with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Al Gore, and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett about the proposal in Congress to move Election Day to Saturday and Sunday. Check out the video. (more…)

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Posted in Steve Israel, #NN08, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Netroots Nation, #Netroots, Weekend voting, Texas, Why do we vote on Tuesday?, Election Reform, Episodes | 2 Comments »

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  • Christine: Another reason to travel via public transit that day especially, where it’s possible.
  • Shad: I think the gist of Biden’s position is that we need a consistent standard across the board for federal...
  • Tami: We can vote via the mail. It’s called absentee voting.
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