Universal Voting Webinar with Prof Ekow Yankah, Miles Rapoport and Hon. Leon Bignell (8/20/25)

An educational webinar on universal voting (where voting is like jury duty - required by law) featuring discussion from Miles Rapoport, former Secretary of State of Connecticut and Executive Director of 100% Democracy, Law Professor Ekow Yankah, author of Compulsory Voting and Black Citizenship and former Chair of the New York City Public Campaign Finance Board and the Hon. Leon Bignell, Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Australia.

Moderated by Julia Warheit, Policy Director of Citizen Action - Illinois, the one hour webinar introduces the idea of universal voting (practices in more than 20 nations) and shares the benefits and few drawbacks of requiring every citizen to appear and participate in elections. It's an engaging introduction to the idea and a chance to hear from global experts before learning more about this innovating and engaging proposal to strengthen democracies.

Watch the full webinar here.