What We Are Reading Today: Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy

What We Are Reading Today: Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy
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Updated 17 November 2022
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What We Are Reading Today: Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy

What We Are Reading Today: Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy

Author: Emilee Booth Chapman 

Voting is only one of the many ways that citizens can participate in public decision-making, so why does it occupy such a central place in the democratic imagination?

In Election Day, political theorist Emilee Booth Chapman provides an original answer to that question, showing precisely what is so special about how we vote in today’s democracies.

By presenting a holistic account of popular voting practices and where they fit into complex democratic systems, she defends popular attitudes toward voting against radical critics and offers much-needed guidance for voting reform.