Make Voting Mandatory
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June 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. prides itself as the beaconof democracy, but it’s very likely no U.S. president has everbeen elected by a majority of American adults.
It’s our own fault -- because voter participation rates arerunning below 60 percent, a candidate would have to win 85percent or more of the vote to be elected by a majority.