The two-month long Election Day in Florida made one thing clear: We need to find ways to make the American political system more responsive to the demands of all citizens. This book provides a critical assessement of a broad range of electoral reforms proposed to enhance responsive government. The book aims not only to analyze the obstacles to full political participation, but to capitalize on the window of opportunity that election 2000 has provided to make our political system more truly democratic-to realize democracy's moment.

Foreword

ix

Miles S. Rapoport

Acknowledgments

xiii

Part One: Introduction and Historical Background

Remembering Florida for the Right Reasons

3

(12)

Ronald Hayduk

Kevin Mattson

History as Hope: The Legacy of the Progressive Era and the Future of Political Reform in America

15

(14)

Kevin Mattson

Part Two: Eliminating Barriers to Political Participation

Tearing Down Walls

27

(2)

Ronald Hayduk

Kevin Mattson

The Weight of History: Election Reform during the Progressive Era and Today

29

(16)

Ronald Hayduk

More Choice Please! Why U.S. Ballot Access Laws Are Discriminatory and How Independent Parties and Candidates Challenge Them

45

(16)

Richard Winger

Freeing Politics from the Grip of Money: The Limits , of Campaign Finance Reform and the Need for a New Approach

61

(16)

Mark Schmitt

Part Three: Engaging Citizens

Building Citizens

75

(2)

Ronald Hayduk

Kevin Mattson

Democratic Theory and the Case for Public Deliberation

77

(14)

R. Claire Snyder

Educating for Democracy

91

(18)

Joel Westheimer

Joseph Kahne

Community as a Source for Democratic Politics

109

(12)

Benjamin Shepard

Can the Internet Rescue Democracy? Toward an CW -line Commons

121

(22)

Peter Levine

Part Four: Making the System More Responsive

Making the System More Responsive

141

(2)

Ronald Hayduk

Kevin Mattson

Instant Runoff Voting and Full Representation: Keys to Fulfilling Democracy's Promise

143

(16)

Robert Richie

Steven Hill

Caleb Kleppner

Putting Democracy Back into the Intuitive and Referendum

159

(12)

Galen Nelson

The Debate Gerrymander and America's Electoral- Industrial Complex

171

(18)

Jamin Raskin

The Electoral College: Constitutional Debate, Partisan Manipulation, and Reform Possibilities

189

(10)

Joel Lefkowitz

Part Five: Challenges and Prospects for Democratic Reform

What Makes Reform So Difficult: The Case of America's Cities and the Problems of Elites

199

(14)

Lincoln Mitchell

Looking Backward While Looking Forward to Democracy's Moment

213

(6)

Ronald Hayduk

Kevin Mattson

Appendix: National and Regional Democracy Organizations

219

(22)

Bibliography

241

(14)

Index

255

(10)

About the Contributors

265

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