In communities across Ontario, nominations are now open for October’s municipal elections.

It is local democracy in action: candidates put their names in the hat, lay out their promises — and you vote.

But is that enough? Does democracy demand more of us?

On this week’s episode of Village Media's Closer Look podcast, we revisit a very timely interview with an author who has some urgent things to say about the state of democracy around the world — and why it's really not enough to simply cast a vote and move along.

Peter MacLeod is co-author of the new book Democracy’s Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public, along with Richard Johnson.

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