Restoring confidence in democracy

Once again, John Edwards leads the democratic candidates in his plans to engage U.S. voters in government participation and restore our confidence. In this video from the Why Tuesday Candidate Challenge, Sen. Edwards talks about the Citizen Congress he proposes, the importance of paper ballots, taking on voter suppression, public financing and making voting more convenient by considering a change in the date from a weekday.

Voting on a Tuesday effects many working families, unable to visit their polling place due to work, school or other already established family commitments. While many of the answers of the other Dem candidates in this challenge gravitate toward a pitch for their own candidacy as the singular means of increasing turnout, Sen. Edwards takes on the glaring problems of the voting process head on.

Crossposted at MOMocrats

~ by heykids on November 17, 2007.