Bob Barr Likes Weekend Voting

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 weekend at Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas, Libertarian presidential candidate and former U.S. Representative Bob Barr told Jacob Soboroff he doesn't know why it is we vote on Tuesday, but that he'd support voting on weekends to make voting more convenient.

Barr: "I'll tell you - we need to do something - and we need to do a lot of different things - and that may be one of the things we need to do. As President, I would sign such legislation."

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[ssaltz]

I know many people of the Jewish faith cannot vote on Saturday due to the fact that it is the holy Sabbath.

[aliakbar01]

Barr never knows what he's talking about. Louisiana has a corrupt voter record. I am a supporter of Why Tuesday though.

[thisisabadname]

I would not support moving it to weekends for religious reasons. However, I would support making voting a national holiday.

[kirby4d]

Anyone with facial hair running for president is automatically awesome. 95 years since Taft.

[kirby4d]

Maybe Barr will break 10%. I doubt it, but who knows.

[shanklinmike]

Barr 08!