| Description |
xxxiii, 186 pages : illustrations, charts ; 20 cm |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-186). |
| 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 universtal 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. |
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Voting, Compulsory.
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Election law.
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Civil rights.
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Rapoport, Miles, author.
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Brooks, Cornell William, 1961- contributor.
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Chapman, Allegra, contributor.
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Douglas, Joshua A., contributor.
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Herrie, Amber, contributor.
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Hines, Cecily, contributor.
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Nelson, Janai, contributor.
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Wright, Brenda (Voting rights advocate), contributor.
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One hundred percent democracy |
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Hundred percent democracy |
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100 percent democracy |
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Case for universal voting |
| ISBN |
9781620976777 (hardcover) |
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1620976773 (hardcover) |
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