Foreword / by Heather McGhee -- What we learned in 2020 : why universal voting is a logical and urgent next step -- The road to 2020 : steps back, steps forward -- The paradox of a crisis : how a pandemic sparked election reform and record turnout -- Democracy sausages, required voting, and high turnout : learning from Australia (again) -- Establishing justice, securing the blessings of liberty : why civic duty voting is constitutional -- The need for persuasion : why the public is skeptical about universtal civic duty voting -- Paving the way for universal voting : the urgency of gateway reforms -- Getting from here to there : how to implement universal voting -- From the impossible to the inevitable : a strategy for universal participation -- Securing rights, embracing responsibilities -- Appendix A: A model universal civic duty voting bill -- Appendix B: The Working Group on Universal Voting

"Americans 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?.. 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."--Amazon.com