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Let's Require People to Vote

It 'would make our democracy work better,' says Peter Orszag

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2012 1:53 PM CDT

(Newser) – Because of our low voter participation rates, it's likely that no US president has actually been elected by a majority of adult Americans, writes former budget director Peter Orszag at Bloomberg. We can fix that by making voting mandatory, as it is in Australia...   Read full story »

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