Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
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SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA — Just had a moment (literally) to catch up with the Governor of this fine state at the CNN/Los Angeles Times/Politico debate here. His prescription for increasing voter participation? Watch the video. (more…) If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! |
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA — Hi there from the hills of Simi Valley where Team Why Tuesday? is here to cover the CNN/Politico/Los Angeles Times Republican presidential debate. The debate starts at 8PM EST, so until then we’ll be tooling around seeing who we can talk to and what we can uncover about the state of our voting system. (more…)
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
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LOS ANGELES, CA — What is Super Tuesday all about? And what’s up with our six-month-long primary election schedule? In the United Kingdom, their elections last weeks, not months, and they rank 55th of all countries in voter participation. Our rank? 139th! Watch the video for more. (more…) |
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
On the way from LV, NV to LA, CA this morning.
Here’s our video report from the caucuses in Vegas if you missed it.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
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MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Last night I caught up with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen here. She was in town to monitor elections. Secretary Bowen seems particularly interested in a rare type of voting machine here: a number two pencil. (more…) |
Monday, November 19th, 2007
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and I are friends on Facebook, and she’s a member of of our Facebook group. We also interviewed her for the second episode of our vlog.
So, this morning I was curious when she posted to her Facebook status that she was going to make a major announcement later today. Four hours ago, her status changed: “filing suit against [voting machine manufacturer] ES&S after an investigation revealed that the company sold 972 machines that were never certified.” (more…)
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Peter Dreier, Occidental College professor and my colleague at the Huffington Post’s OffTheBus project, reports that the bid to apportion Electoral College votes by congressional district isn’t yet dead, as previously reported here. Jennifer Steinhauer at the New York Times had the story in the New York Times November 2nd.
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
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Saturday night at the Iowa GOP’s Reagan Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa I had a chance to catch up with California Congressman Duncan Hunter and ask him to respond to the Why Tuesday? Candidate Challenge, which he did. Continuing a similar refrain we’ve heard from the candidates, Hunter says “the best way to get voters to turn out is to inspire them.” Hunter also supports the use of paper ballots to ensure the security of votes. He also wants to stick with Tuesday Election Day. |
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Remember the moment some years ago when the CEOs of Big Tobacco were called before Congress to be sworn under oath and forced to testify about what they knew concerning the health effects of their product? Today, there is another industry that could meet the same fate: the voting systems industry. This time, the products in question affect the health of our democracy.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
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In August, CA Secretary of State Debra Bowen decertified certain types of voting machines used nationwide, citing security flaws uncovered by a University of CA study she commissioned. In this week’s episode, Bowen discusses her reaction to the study, how she thinks elections should happen in the USA, and her vision for voting in 2032. (more…) |
Why Tuesday? is an effort to make America’s democracy stronger through increased voter participation. We work to make election reform an issue that our politicians cannot afford to avoid.
