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Joe Biden on Government and Elections

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As of 2004, the United States ranked 139th out of 172 countries in voter turnout, with only 57% of eligible Americans voting in the last presidential election. The reasons for this are many – from frustration with politics as usual, to work commitments that make voting on Tuesdays difficult or impossible – but there is no denying that democracies rely on robust citizen participation in elections and at all levels of government. This topic includes information about candidate positions on: public financing of elections, third-party and independent campaigns, government transparency, lobbying, presidential power, weekend voting, instant runoff voting, and voting representation for the District of Columbia.

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  NewJoe Biden supports granting Washington D.C. voting representation in the House of Representatives.

Voted in favor of a motion to consider the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 (S. 1257), "A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives."

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