10 Steps to Repair American Democracy

Ten Steps is a blueprint for a reinvigoration of our republic.

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Choiceless elections. Suspicious voting equipment. Partisan election officials. Superficial political debate. Unresponsive government. Author Steven Hill says that American democracy has been working about as well as the levees around New Orleans. Yet most Americans don’t know what to do about it. Here, finally, is the plan -- 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy.

In his inspiring blueprint for renewing America, Hill makes a stirring call for national election standards, voting equipment overhaul, nonpartisan election officials, a voting day holiday, and other repairs. He takes it a step further, calling for the end of winner-take-all elections, direct election of the president, an overhaul of the U.S. Senate, universal voter registration, public financing of elections, instant runoff voting, term limits for Supreme Court justices, free air time for candidates, and new media regulations that will open up our politics and broaden political debate.

Drawing upon the author’s 20 years of scholarship, advocacy, and two previous books, and including a trenchant foreword by The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg, 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy is a "onestop" shopping guide to what's broken about our democracy, and what Americans can do to repair it.

Praise for 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy

"Ten Steps is a blueprint for a reinvigoration of our republic. Hill shows that there actually is a way we can keep faith with our Founding Fathers. The question isn’t: What, way back when, did Jefferson (and Madison and Hamilton) do? The question is: What would they do now? The answers begin here."
Hendrick Hertzberg, The New Yorker

"Steven Hill’s new book is as practical as it is insightful, offering innovative ways to fix our broken political system. Read it, roll up your sleeves, and get to work."
Arianna Huffington, Author of Pigs at the Trough

"We know that American democracy is being run over a cliff--choice-less elections, screwy voting machines, brain-dead political debate, unresponsive government, etc. What's a citizen to do? Here, finally, is the plan."
Jim Hightower, Columnist and Author of Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush

"In his timely new book, Steven Hill persuasively argues that much of what ails American politics is rooted in our antiquated methods and practices. Anyone concerned about the state of our democratic system should read this book."
Trevor Potter, Former Chairman, Federal Election Commission