‘Steve Israel’ 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 »

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

U.S. Rep. Becomes Why Tuesday? Correspondent

U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) and I sat down yesterday in Washington, D.C., and he soon thereafter became the first member of Congress to report as a Why Tuesday? correspondent! Watch the video for our chat, and his report. (more…)

Posted in Washington, Why do we vote on Tuesday?, Election Reform, Steve Israel, WT? Correspondents, New York, Featured, Existing laws, Weekend voting, Episodes | 4 Comments »

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.

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Recent Comments

  • Sally White: I agree that the week-end would be the best time for most people. Many are hourly workers and having...
  • sheli: warning - stereo-type buster. I’m a republican and I think it’d be a great idea to move voting day...
  • Daniel A. Beltran: I always thought that we should vote on Sunday, as does most of the world!
  • Chris K.: I support four changes to the election system in the U.S.: (1) Elections should be moved from Tuesdays to...
  • ChicagoDP: I agree that the day to vote needs to be changed. But, like others, I believe that a universal direct...