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**POSTPONED** Jesse Wegman - Let the People Pick the President

Presented by Book Passage at Book Passage, Corte Madera, Corte Madera CA

Mar 28 2020
**POSTPONED** Jesse Wegman - Let the People Pick the President

**POSTPONED** Efforts to reform the Electoral College, and how it can be accomplished now

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Political passions are already high, and they will reach a boiling point as we enter the 2020 race.

The message from the American people is clear: we need major reform, and we need it now.

In Let the People Pick the President, New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman makes a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College, and choosing presidents based on a national popular vote.

He uncovers the Electoral College’s controversial origins, profiles the many attempts to reform it over the years, and explains why it is now essential for us to remove this obsolete system and finally make every citizen’s vote matter.

Wegman addresses objections from both sides of the aisle and presents an airtight argument that moving toward a national popular vote would reduce voter apathy and political polarization, increase voter turnout, and restore belief in our democratic system.

Abolishing the Electoral College is the keystone reform that must be accomplished to improve our politics; Wegman shows that this once-lofty goal can be achieved, and charts a path to accomplishing it.

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