Title:
100% democracy : the case for universal voting / E.J. Dionne Jr. and Miles Rapoport ; with analysis by Cornell William Brooks, Allegra Chapman, Joshua Douglas, Amber Herrle, Cecily Hines, Janai Nelson, and Brenda Wright ; [with a foreword by Heather McGhee].
ISBN:
9781620976777
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : The New Press, 2022.
[New York] : Distributed by Two Rivers Distribution
©2022
Physical Description:
xxxiii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents:
Foreword / by Heather McGhee -- What we learned in 2020 : why universal voting is a logical and urgent next step -- The road to 2020 : steps back, steps forward -- The paradox of a crisis : how a pandemic sparked election reform and record turnout -- Democracy sausages, required voting, and high turnout : learning from Australia (again) -- Establishing justice, securing the blessings of liberty : why civic duty voting is constitutional -- The need for persuasion : why the public is skeptical about universal civic duty voting -- Answering the critics : responding to objections to civic duty voting -- Paving the way for universal voting : the urgency of gateway reforms -- Getting from here to there : how to implement universal voting -- From the impossible to the inevitable : a strategy for universal participation -- Securing rights, embracing responsibilities -- Appendix A: A model universal civic duty voting bill -- Appendix B: The Working Group on Universal Voting.
Summary:
"Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver's licenses, and sometimes go to war for their country. So why not ask--or require--every American to vote? E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport argue that universal participation in our elections should be a cornerstone of our system. It would be the surest way to protect against voter suppression and the active disenfranchisement of a large share of our citizens. And it would create a system true to the Declaration of Independence's aspirations by calling for a government based on the consent of all of the governed."--Amazon.com.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1252962012
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
Eagan - Wescott~1