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Our Executive Director breaks down the absurdly silly, scary and terrible reason we vote on Tuesday in the United States in this new TED talk.

jacobsoboroff:

American voter turnout sucks. Like near the bottom of all countries in the world sucks. So why in the world do we vote on Tuesday, smack in the middle of the work week? I explain in this TED talk, a part of the TED-Ed education initiative.

For more on my work to move Election Day from Tuesday to the weekend, check out WhyTuesday.org and sign our petition in support of The Weekend Voting Act.  

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    • #why tuesday
    • #election reform
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    Why Tuesday?? How about Saturday. That’d be nice..
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    No shit?! Very cool. I have a lot of issues with our current elections system, the least of all is the issue of low...
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    With elections today...CA, SD, WI, NJ, NM & MT, it seems like a good time to reshare our...
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    So….Why Tuesday? via @jacobsoboroff & @WhyTuesday
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    I can guess why. The working class can’t take off of work, single mothers and fathers have to work and take care of...
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We're a nonpartisan and nonprofit group, founded in 2005, dedicated to increasing America's horrible voter turnout by asking a simple question: why do we vote on Tuesday? The answer: absolutely no good reason whatsoever. You'll find a longer and equally infuriating answer in this TED talk.

We hope you'll sign our petition asking the President and Congress to pass The Weekend Voting Act, which would move elections to Saturday & Sunday (duh) so more people can vote.

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