WhyTuesday
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. The facts: more votes are cast for American Idol than for president of the United States. America ranks in the bottom 20% of all countries in voter turnout. Watch our weekly video blog, get informed, and speak out for change by visiting our website. Jacob Soboroff is Why Tuesday? chief correspondent and... more…
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Driving on Tuesday Election Day may be hazardous to your health, so says NPR’s health policy correspondent Patti Neighmond. A new report by Dr. Donald Redelmeier in the Journal of the American Medical... more-
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Last week Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? submitted a video question to Senator Norm Coleman and Al Franken, who are up against each other for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesoata. We wanted to know what... more-
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This month we've spent time with a member of Congress trying to move voting to the Weekend, and we've chatted with the Speaker of the House, who indicated she would support such... more-
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AUSTIN, TX - At the Netroots Nation conference, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Al Gore, and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett spoke with Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? about... more-
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U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) sits down with Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? in Washington, D.C., and becomes the first member of Congress to report as a Why Tuesday? correspondent! ... more-
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Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? spoke to his fellow Webby nominees and notables on the red carpet in New York City about what is hot in politics online. For more: http://whytuesday.org more-
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Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday? explores the May Supreme Court ruling which determined that requiring voters to show ID to cast a ballot is constitutional. He visited with election law expert Rick... more-
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Jacob Soboroff went to The Grove in Los Angeles where HBO set up the actual Votomatic Florida voting machines used in the controversial 2000 Presidential Election, complete with butterfly ballots and... more-
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Oregon is the only state in the Union that votes entirely by mail, and as NPR’s Ina Jaffe reported last week, that’s not only changing the way campaigns conduct their get-out-the-vote efforts, it also... more-
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Indiana's controversial Voter ID law was upheld by the Supreme Court. Missouri citizens voted it down. It disenfranchises those who can't easily get an ID, like the Amish. But it turns out... more-
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