100% Democracy: An Initiative for Universal Voting

Activities

100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting

In 2022, Miles Rapoport and Brookings Institution senior fellow E.J. Dionne, Jr. published 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting, which makes a case for instituting mandatory voting in the United States. Rapoport and Dionne argue that mandatory voting would end voter suppression and save money on voter outreach efforts. They point to Australia’s laws for inspiration. ²

In July 2025, 100% Democracy was one of over 600 nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to sign a letter opposing a ruling by the House Homeland Security Committee in June 2025 demanding the financial records of over 200 NGOs accused of assisting the Biden Administration in settling migrants into the United States. ^{3 4} Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) and Subcommittee Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) commented in a letter sent to the NGOs in question claiming the Committee was “deeply concerned that NGOs that receive U.S. taxpayer dollars benefitted from the border crisis created by the Biden Administration, and stand ready to do so under future Democrat administrations.” ⁴ The letter signed by over 600 NGOs and non-profits claimed the Committee’s ruling targets “civic organizations that have provided services under valid federal contracts that were authorized and appropriated by Congress…[t]his effort appears to be an attempt to weaponize Congressional power and create the appearance of wrongdoing against those who the signers believe disagree with their political agenda.” ³

Leadership

Miles Rapoport

Miles Rapoport is the co-founder and executive director of 100% Democracy. Rapoport is the former head of Demos and Common Cause. Earlier, he served as secretary of state of Connecticut and as a Connecticut state representative. In 1998, Rapoport unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress. In the beginning of his career, Rapoport worked for Connecticut Citizen Action Group, an environmentalist lobbying group founded by Ralph Nader. ^{5 6 5}

Cathy Duvall

Cathy Duvall is the senior organizing consultant of 100% Democracy. She has held many prominent positions at left-of-center organizations, including working as national field director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), national campaign director of America Votes, and national political director of the environmentalist Sierra Club. As of mid-2021, she is a consultant to and board member of the State Innovation Exchange and administers the Redistricting Reform Project. ^{7 8}

Randy Brett

Randy Brett is the communication director of 100% Democracy. Brett previously served as communication director at State Voices, a senior advisor at Common Cause, and manager of communications at the Carnegie Corporation. ^{9 7}

Board of Directors

100% Democracy’s board includes Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar, former NAACP CEO Cornell William Brooks, and Economic Security Project co-founder Dorian Warren. ⁷