Why and how do voters "register" before an election?
Describe a primary election in your community.
How do discussion and debate protect the rights of minorities?
Is the "recall" used in your state? If so, what instances of its exercise do you know, and what were the circumstances?
What advantages and disadvantages can you see in representation by occupational groups as compared with representation by geographical districts?
READINGS
In Foerster and Pierson's AMERICAN IDEALS:
Contributions of the west to democracy (F.J. Turner), pp. 72-97. A charter of democracy (Theodore Roosevelt), pp. 114-132. Can democracy be organized? (E.A. Alderman), pp. 158-174. The sovereignty of the people (A. de Tocqueville), pp. 257-260. General tendency of the laws (A. de Tocqueville), pp. 261-266. The activity of the body politic (A. de Tocqueville), pp. 267-272. The German and the American temper (Kuno Francke), pp. 273-281. The "Divine Average" (G. Lowes Dickinson), pp 282-284.
In Long's AMERICAN PATRIOTIC PROSE:
Farewell Address (Washington), pp. 105-123. The independent in politics (James Russell Lowell), pp. 241-243. Liberty is responsibility, not license (McKinley), pp. 254-255. The right of the people to rule (Roosevelt), pp. 272-273.