TYT: Bernie Sanders Proposes New Holiday For Voting

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Several TYT staff members attended a campaign rally for Bernie Sanders yesterday. Sanders proposed a bill to make a federal voting holiday. John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

""The reason we're doing so well in this campaign is we're telling the truth," Sanders told the L.A. crowd, which his campaign estimated at 27,500, both inside the arena and in an overflow area outside watching on giant television screens.

"This is an economy that is rigged and meant to benefit those on top," Sanders said in a raspy voice strained by several days of back-to-back campaign rallies. "We need an economy that works for all people.””*

Read more here: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sanders-california-20150811-story.html#page=1

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1. knr n/t

[vaberella]

2. Finally someone speaking sense. This would be wonderful.

It would also increase voter turn out.

[LiberalElite]

3. There was a time in NYC many years ago

we had off on Election Day. Then it became an employer perk. Over time it got chopped down to a half day then 2 hours then no time off. The rationale was nobody votes.