Senator Bernie Sanders Proposes ‘Democracy Day’

Legislation Calls for Election Day Holiday

BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014 – After Tuesday’s extremely low voter turnout, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that he will introduce legislation to make Election Day a national holiday.

“In America, we should be celebrating our democracy and doing everything possible to make it easier for people to participate in the political process.  Election Day should be a national holiday so that everyone has the time and opportunity…