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I hope that each and every one of you are well.</div>
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I am writing to share that the ECPR's blog <i>The Loop </i>has launched a short-essay series to debate the issues raised in this long-read essay published last month by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (our version of the BBC). <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/religion/words-of-democracy-an-abandoned-science/13386940" id="LPlnk">https://www.abc.net.au/religion/words-of-democracy-an-abandoned-science/13386940</a></div>
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<div style=""><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are interested in having your say in response to either of these essays please see
</span></font><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Loop</i><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">'s launch tweet here: </span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ECPR_TheLoop/status/1414891138008371202?s=20" id="LPlnk">https://twitter.com/ECPR_TheLoop/status/1414891138008371202?s=20</a>.
</span><span style="display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">They've assigned</span><span style="display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> the</span><span style="display: inline !important; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <img alt="Butterfly" title="Butterfly" class="r-4qtqp9 r-dflpy8 r-sjv1od r-zw8f10 r-10akycc r-h9hxbl" style="display:inline-block;height:1.2em;margin-left:0.075em;margin-right:0.075em;vertical-align:-20%;width:1.2em;color:rgb(15, 20, 25);font-family:-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:23px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" src="https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f98b.svg"> as
a tag for essays in the series and #ScienceOfDemocracy as its hashtag.</span></div>
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With best wishes or <i>yerrabi </i>as it's said in Ngunnawal country,</div>
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