Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Should people be rewarded for doing their civic duty? Many ideas have been floated in an attempt to stem declining voter turnout. This fall, Arizona voters decide whether a plan to pay one lucky voter one million dollars is a brilliant strategy to encourage voter participation or a bad idea helping erode democracy.
Guests
- Curtis Gans Director, Center for the Study of the American Electorate, American University
- Rob Richie Executive Director, Center for Voting and Democracy
- Mark Osterloh Chairman, Arizonans for Voter Rewards; former gubernatorial candidate (2002); opthamologist and attorney
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