Tag: Graeme Orr

The answer to the crisis of democracy is not to abandon the ritual of voting on election day

The answer to the crisis of democracy is not to abandon the ritual of voting on election day

Election day is a time when citizens, it could be said, come together to share in their democratic inheritance. Reforms – some old and some new – aimed at increasing electoral participation such as early, postal, and proxy voting, have undermined this, according to Graeme Orr.  Similar Posts