The Democratic National Committee, under the leadership of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has only scheduled 4 official Democratic presidential debates before the Iowa caucuses on Feb 1, and just 2 more in the entire election.

These debates have been scheduled on nights with expected low viewership such as Saturday and Sunday nights, even during sports events and on Martin Luther King Day weekend. Additionally, candidates who participate in an unofficial debate are disinvited from official Democratic Party debates.

On Jan 19, Bernie Sanders agreed to participate in a boycott of the DNC's official debate schedule if Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley agreed as well, during an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. All three candidates have expressed strong interest in having more debates, but the DNC leadership is not budging, regardless of what their own candidates and constituents are demanding.

We ask that Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley collaborate to host unofficial debates before and during the Democratic presidential primary season, and therefore agree not to participate in the remaining debates the DNC has scheduled.

Primary voters must be informed when they make the decision for their party's nomination, and intentionally hiding debates from the public is unacceptable when Republicans have the front stage, day in and day out, to showcase their insane policies and candidates.