The Democracy Index : : Why Our Election System Is Failing and How to Fix It / / Heather K. Gerken.
Despite howls for reform, the only thing separating us from another election disaster of the kind that hit Florida in 2000, and that almost struck again in Ohio in 2004, may simply be another close vote. In this lucid and lively book, Heather Gerken diagnoses what is wrong with our elections and pro...
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