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]

Published New York ; London : The New Press, [2022] [New York] : Distributed by Two Rivers Distribution, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 186 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 the rights, embracing responsibilities 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 Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed June 3, 2022) Subject Voting, Compulsory. Election law. Civil rights. Civil rights Election law Voting, Compulsory Form Electronic book Author Rapoport, Miles, author. Brooks, Cornell William, 1961- contributor. Chapman, Allegra, contributor Douglas, Joshua A., contributor. Herrle, Amber, contributor Hines, Cecily, contributor Nelson, Janai, contributor Wright, Brenda (Voting rights advocate), contributor McGhee, Heather, 1980- writer of foreword ISBN 9781620976845 1620976846

Other Titles One hundred percent democracy Hundred percent democracy 100 percent democracy Case for universal voting

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