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Coming In May
Coming In May
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Join us on Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. Doors open at 9:45 for coffee and tea.
Join us on Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. Doors open at 9:45 for coffee and tea.
We'll meet at the office of the League of Women Voters of North & Central San Mateo County. (Please register using the link below.)
We'll meet at the office of the League of Women Voters of North & Central San Mateo County. (Please register using the link below.)
We'll be discussing TWO books in our May meeting, both on the subject of the Electoral College.
You do not have to read either book in order to attend. Read one, read them both, skim either, or come to learn. We believe you’ll still find listening to the discussion to be time well-spent. Everyone is welcome to register.
Discussion will be led by Margaret Lukens, Program Committee member.
Note: We will be meeting IN-PERSON at the League's office, 444 Peninsula Avenue, Suite 1, San Mateo. The office is not directly on Peninsula Avenue but is reached through the driveway on Woodside Way or through the driveway that enters between two adjacent buildings on Peninsula.
If you will be joining us, please register.
To read the official position of the League of Women Voters on the Selection of the President, click here.
Distorting Democracy
Distorting Democracy
by Carolyn Reneé DuPont
by Carolyn Reneé DuPont
It may surprise many voters to learn that the Electoral College had no principled foundation and its use has changed many times during its 230-year history. Carolyn Renée DuPont, professor of American history at Eastern Kentucky University, takes a historian's view of the institution and examines its effects of today's political system. (221 pages)
Let the People Pick the President
Let the People Pick the President
by Jesse Wegman
by Jesse Wegman
Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish the Electoral College more than 700 times. Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman dives deep into the debates of the founders, examines the effects of the Electoral College today, and argues forcefully for why the time for change is now. (260 pages)
Here are some of our past book discussion picks.
Here are some of our past book discussion picks.
We recommend them to you!
We recommend them to you!
November, 2024
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
Journalist, podcast host, and Vox co-founder Ezra Klein lays out the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction. This book resists both blame and hand-wringing. Instead, it offers a clear framework for understanding the politicization of everyday culture.
July, 2024
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Slate staff writer Henry Grabar
Named one of the year’s best books of 2023 by The New Yorker and The New Republic, Paved Paradise manages to be both highly entertaining and seriously informative. You will never look at the humble parking spot the same again.
April, 2024
California Against the Sea: Visions For Our Vanishing Coastline by Rosanna Xia
November, 2023
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haass
July, 2023
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
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