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Two of the most hotly-contested primary states this year, South Carolina and Louisiana, produced their highest-ever voter turnout for a Republican presidential primary election while voting on Saturdays. Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary with the majority of the record-setting 21...

Voter participation in the United States is too low, and too difficult. The world's most famous democracy ranks near the bottom of all nations in voter participation. So we're asking our presidential candidates to do something about it -- again.

At our 2012 kickoff, we at

One year until Election Day 2012. Well, 364 days actually. But on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2012, Americans will again head to the polls... at least some Americans.

Billions of dollars will be spent yet again on another federal election, but let's be honest: only a...

Reality TV shows that feature sparkling home makeovers or stunning weigh loss make for great entertainment. But a new show beginning this week lifts the "makeover" concept to a whole new level by helping ordinary Americans make a difference for public school students caught in dismal situations.

As a co-host...

Here in Los Angeles, you know if the restaurant you're about to eat in is clean, kind of clean, or just plain nasty by the letter grades that are clearly posted in every restaurant's front window by the Los Angeles County Department of Public...

For the 2008 United States presidential election, we at Why Tuesday? teamed with YouTube and PBS to launch Video Your Vote, a program that intended to create the largest library of polling place Election Day video ever in order to help make voting as accessible, reliable and secure...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it, goes the expression. Well, according to the New York Times, the American voting system is broken. So let's fix it. For us here at Why Tuesday? it was an extreme pleasure to see an extra-long editorial making the case for election...

A famous actress gives her perspective about voting in this new get-out-the-vote PSA from whytuesday.org. Because democracy is about getting your views on governance recognized.

Don't know why we vote on Tuesday? Click here for...

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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....

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Saturday in Springfield, Illinois, Sen. Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate for the presidency. I interviewed both men for the Why Tuesday? Candidate Challenge last October. I asked...

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Minnesota has some of the highest voter participation in the United States. Now both candidates for Senate there are talking about improving voter participation nationwide, thanks to a YouTube political initiative.

Last week,...

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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 legislation.

Last...

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Today at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, I spoke with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Al Gore, and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett about the proposals in Congress to move Election Day to...

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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...

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NEW YORK, NY -- Last night I spoke to our fellow Webby nominees and notables on the red carpet in New York City about what is hot in politics online, and it's not just Obama Girl....

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This morning I went to the Grove in Los Angeles where HBO, promoting their new film RECOUNT, set up the actual Votomatic Florida voting machines used in the controversial 2000 Presidential Election, complete with butterfly ballots...

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Oregonians' presidential preference will be known on Tuesday, but many if not most Oregonians have already voted. That's because Oregon is the only state in the Union that votes entirely by mail, and as NPR's Ina...

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New York Magazine quotes Chris Rock, currently on tour, at his Wednesday night Madison Square Garden show:

"They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't...

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At Why Tuesday? we decided to explore Monday's Supreme Court ruling which determined that requiring voters to show ID to cast a ballot is constitutional. I visited with election law expert Rick Hasen and...

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Record voter participation is expected in Pennsylvania today, but despite similar records being set across the nation this election cycle, America still ranks in the bottom twenty percent of all nations in voter turnout -...