Bring Democracy Home

The American people are waking up and realizing that for all the Bush Administration's talk of promoting democracy abroad, the US electoral system fails to do the same at home. With the approach of the midterm elections, there is justified alarm about the vulnerabilities of electronic voting machines but this is just one of myriad problems, many of them long-standing, that cry out for reform.

So, in the spirit of democracy promotion at home, in the new issue of The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel offers ten ideas for how to repair and strengthen our broken voting system. Read and circulate them widely.

And check out vanden Heuvel's new Editor's Cut post highlighting twelve peace candidates locked in tight races coast to coast.

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The Nation in Berkeley
Nation Writers on the State of the Nation
Thursday, November 9, 6:45 to 8:00
The Anderson Auditorium, Haas School of Business, UC-Berkeley campus
Free admission. No RSVPs. Seating limited.

Co-sponsored by The Nation magazine and The Felker Magazine Program at The Graduate School of Journalism.

Featuring:
Mark Hertsgaard, Nation environmental correspondent and author
Lakshmi Chaudhry, Nation Institute Writing Fellow
Tom Hayden, Nation editorial board member and frequent contributor, activist, author, former California state legislator

Moderated by Deirdre English, Director, Berkeley School of Journalism Magazine Program
Introductions by Orville Schell, Dean, Berkeley School of Journalism

Click here for more info and directions.

Elizabeth Holtzman on CSPAN, Nov. 4
Watch an interview with Elizabeth Holtzman, co-author of The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens, published by Nation Books, tomorrow, Saturday, November 4th, at 9:30am EST on CSPAN Book TV. After that, click here to buy her book.

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