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Taken Aback by Take Back Tuesday

Reflections on -- and reactions to -- an unprecedented campaign.

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Tuesday Is Bring Your Children to the Voting Booth Day

Voting, studies show, is a learned habit; Tuesday's a chance to start instilling it in your children. And they might even enjoy it.

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Don't Make Me Do it: Compulsory Voting Isn't the Answer

There are better ways to increase voter turnout.

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Take Back Tuesday and the Vain Altruism of Voting

Come on. Do it. You Know You Want to.

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Stronger Social Bonds = Better Voter Turnout

Bonds to each other and to our communities can lead us to the voting booth.

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How You Can Help Fix Our Half Democracy

Is a country still a democracy if half its citizens don't vote?

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Why Do People Vote? (Hint: 'Cause We're Not 'Rational Maximizers')

Why do we inherently selfish people bother to vote? Maybe, just maybe, because we're not inherently selfish.

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To Boost Turnout, Make Election Day a Celebration

Imagine picnics and parades. Imagine extended families voting together before the baked bean supper or block party.