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DESCRIPTION:IS VOTING A RIGHT OR A DUTY?\n\nJoin Jews United for Democracy and Justice 
 & Community Advocates as two preeminent democracy scholars & authors 
 discuss their theory of voting as more than a right, but also \nas a 
 requirement of citizenship.\n\nNew Book: "100% Democracy: The Case for 
 Universal Voting" (New Press, March 22, 2022)\n\nAuthors: E.J. Dionne and 
 Miles Rapoport \n\nDate and time: Wed, March 30, 2022 @ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM 
 PDT\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/100-democracy-the-case-for-universal-voting-is-voting-a-right-or-a-duty-tickets-273151422257\n\n\nA 
 timely and paradigm-shifting argument that all members of a democracy must 
 participate in elections, by a leading political expert and Washington Post 
 journalist\n\nAmericans 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?\n\nIn 
 "100% Democracy", authors 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.\n\nIt’s not as radical or utopian as it sounds: in Australia, 
 where everyone is required to vote (Australians can vote “none of the 
 above,” but they have to show up), 91.9 percent of Australians voted in 
 the last major election in 2019, versus 60.1 percent in America’s 2016 
 presidential race. Australia hosts voting-day parties and actively 
 celebrates this key civic duty.\n\nIt is time for the United States to take 
 a major leap forward and recognize voting as both a fundamental civil right 
 and a solemn civic duty required of every eligible U.S. 
 citizen.\n\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\nE.J. Dionne is a senior fellow at the Brookings 
 Institution, a syndicated columnist for the WashingtonPost, university 
 professor at Georgetown University, and visiting professor at Harvard 
 University. He is the author of Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates 
 Can Unite to Save Our Country.\n\n\nMiles Rapoport is the Senior Practice 
 Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for DemocraticGovernance and 
 Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. He formerly served in the 
 Connecticut state legislature and as Connecticut’s secretary of the 
 state. He also served as president of Demos and Dionne and of Common 
 Cause.\n____________________________________________________________\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/02/28/18848282.php
SUMMARY:100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting
LOCATION:Online event (FREE)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/02/28/18848282.php
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