VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA — The Super Bowl is not just America’s favorite sporting event. There are parties, family gatherings, barbecues, chicken wings and lots of beer, but it is also a multi-media affair with over 90 million viewers plus countless more tracking the game online or tuned-in through the radio airwaves. You know it. Americans love the final grid-iron battle. (more…)
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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA — Greetings from the CNN/Los Angeles Times/Politico Democratic debate here. I just spoke to Stevie Wonder, Diane Keaton and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about the role the media plays in increasing or decreasing voter participation. This is a subject which nonpartisan research groups throughout the country have focused long and hard on. (more…)
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…)
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…)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — The resultsare in. That’s nice, but we’ve been here looking into why turnout for the Nevada caucuses has been so historically poor, what that means, and why it worked out better this time around. The big-picture question: is our voting system broken? (more…)
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…)
We’re looking forward to the New Hampshire primary, but we’re also taking a look back. Despite record-high voter participation in last week’s Iowa caucuses, voter turnout in Iowa didn’t break 17 percent. Watch the video to see who were the un-caucusers, and why. (more…)
DES MOINES, IA — It’s caucus day! Yesterday I caught up with veteran ABC Newsman Sam Donaldson at the convention center here. He gave me his take on the trouble with the Iowa caucuses, and what he would do to increase the extremely low participation in them. (more…)
DES MOINES, IA — I just caught up with Tim Russert, moderator of NBC’s Meet The Press, at the Polk County Convention Complex here. Tomorrow Iowans will caucus for president - but in the past two elections only 6-7% of eligible voters have participated. I asked Russert why he thinks more candidates aren’t talking about election reform. (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.
