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The Politics of Voter Suppression : Defending and Expanding Americans' Right to Vote /

This text assesses actual practices at the polls and re-engages with debates about voter suppression tactics such as requiring specific forms of identification. The author examines the history of how US election reforms have been manipulated for partisan advantage and establishes a new framework for...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Wang, Tova Andrea (Auteur), Nittoli, Janice (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • The voter inclusion principle
  • The early years of vote suppression
  • Conditions and consequences of the Voting Rights Act
  • Vote suppression goes national and Republican
  • The battle over Motor Voter
  • The election of 2000 and its fallout
  • A slight upswing
  • Effects on election outcomes
  • How to increase participation
  • Epilogue : what citizens can do.