Subject: The Fight to Vote
From: "Andrei Cherny" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 09:30:20 -0400

Dear Friend,

In his second inaugural address earlier this year, President Obama said something remarkable. "Our journey is not complete," he said, "until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote."  What was remarkable was that, in the year 2013, the right to vote is still at stake for so many.

For reasons both nefarious and simply negligent, too many are denied the basic ability to cast their ballots.  That's why in this most recent edition of Democracy, we (in conjunction with the Carnegie Corporation of New York) tackle this important issue by putting forward an aggressive agenda to go on the offense in the fight for voting rights including calls for automatic registration and a constitutional right to vote.

That's not all.  I hope you'll also read important pieces on the Arab Spring, Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, Detroit's plight, differing notions of freedom and fairness among Democrats and Republicans
, and breaking past the stale debate over prevention and punishment when it comes to crime.  Former Obama aide Bill Burton argues with former Senator Russ Feingold on the issue of campaign finance, the New Yorker's Jane Mayer writes on terror courts
, and economist Brad DeLong takes on the conservative obsession with the "47 percent."

All this is free of charge of charge on the Democracy website, but if you like what you read and want to support new ideas and vibrant debate, I hope you'll consider subscribing to the print edition of Democracy, giving the gift of a subscription (Mothers' and Fathers' Days are coming up!), or
making a tax deductible donation of any size to our non-profit enterprise.

As always, I hope you're doing well and look forward to being in touch.

All the best,

Andrei Cherny

President

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