A Fresh Look at Universal Voting with E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Miles Rapoport
Join Michael in his updated discussion with E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Miles Rapoport about their book, 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting, which argues that mandatory participation in our electoral system should be the cornerstone of our Democracy. Simply put, the authors make a compelling argument that it is time for the United States to recognize voting as both a fundamental civil right and a solemn civic duty of all U.S. citizens
About Our Guests
E.J. Dionne, Jr. is a respected political columnist for The Washington Post, writing twice weekly about American politics. He also serves as a government professor at Georgetown University, a visiting professor at Harvard University, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dionne is the author of seven books, including “Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country” and “One Nation After Trump.” Before joining The Post in 1990, he spent 14 years at The New York Times, reporting from major cities worldwide. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dionne has received numerous accolades, including the American Political Science Association’s Carey McWilliams Award and the Hillman Award for Career Achievement.
Miles Rapoport, a longtime organizer, policy advocate, and elected official, brings to the Ash Center four decades of experience working to strengthen democracy and democratic institutions in the United States. Before his appointment to the Ash Center, Rapoport was most recently president of the independent grassroots organization Common Cause. For 13 years, he headed the public policy center Demos. Rapoport previously served as Connecticut’s Secretary of the State and a state legislator for ten years in Hartford. He has written, spoken, and organized widely on issues of American democracy. He was a member of the Harvard class of 1971. Rapoport is the first fellow appointed as part of the Ash Center’s new Senior Practice Fellowship in American Democracy, which seeks to deepen the Center’s engagement on fundamental issues of democratic practice.
