Each episode of Why It Matters breaks down an issue that is shaping our world’s future. Join host Gabrielle Sierra as she speaks with the leaders and thinkers who are facing these questions head on. Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations, Why It Matters brings some of the world’s most compelling stories home to you.
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
The United States trails far behind most advanced democracies when it comes to voter turnout, with just 55 percent of eligible voters participating in the 2016 election. What are other countries doing right, and what is the United States doing wrong?
Featured Guests:
David Becker (Executive Director, Center for Election Innovation & Research)
Kristen Clarke (President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law)
Rosalind Dixon (Professor of Law, University of New South Wales)
For more information on this episode, visit us at cfr.org/podcasts/make-america-vote-again