Securing the Vote

Securing the Vote
Title Securing the Vote PDF eBook
Author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher National Academies Press
Pages 181
Release 2018-09-30
Genre Political Science
ISBN 030947647X

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During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable.

Give Us the Ballot

Give Us the Ballot
Title Give Us the Ballot PDF eBook
Author Ari Berman
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages 384
Release 2015-08-04
Genre History
ISBN 0374711496

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A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give Us the Ballot tells this story for the first time. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit voting rights, from 1965 to the present day. The act enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet, fifty years later, we are still fighting heated battles over race, representation, and political power, with lawmakers devising new strategies to keep minorities out of the voting booth and with the Supreme Court declaring a key part of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Berman brings the struggle over voting rights to life through meticulous archival research, in-depth interviews with major figures in the debate, and incisive on-the-ground reporting. In vivid prose, he takes the reader from the demonstrations of the civil rights era to the halls of Congress to the chambers of the Supreme Court. At this important moment in history, Give Us the Ballot provides new insight into one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time.

Brave New Ballot

Brave New Ballot
Title Brave New Ballot PDF eBook
Author Aviel D. Rubin
Publisher Random House Digital, Inc.
Pages 296
Release 2006
Genre Political Science
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From Open Secrets to Secret Voting

From Open Secrets to Secret Voting
Title From Open Secrets to Secret Voting PDF eBook
Author Isabela Mares
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 289
Release 2015-06-17
Genre Political Science
ISBN 131630079X

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The expansion of suffrage and the introduction of elections are momentous political changes that represent only the first steps in the process of democratization. In the absence of institutions that protect the electoral autonomy of voters against a range of actors who seek to influence voting decisions, political rights can be just hollow promises. This book examines the adoption of electoral reforms that protected the autonomy of voters during elections and sought to minimize undue electoral influences over decisions made at the ballot box. Empirically, it focuses on the adoption of reforms protecting electoral secrecy in Imperial Germany during the period between 1870 and 1912. Empirically, the book provides a micro-historical analysis of the democratization of electoral practices, by showing how changes in district level economic and political conditions contributed to the formation of an encompassing political coalition supporting the adoption of electoral reforms.

The Fight to Vote

The Fight to Vote
Title The Fight to Vote PDF eBook
Author Michael Waldman
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 448
Release 2022-01-18
Genre History
ISBN 1982198931

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On cover, the word "right" has an x drawn over the letter "r" with the letter "f" above it.

Our Broken Elections

Our Broken Elections
Title Our Broken Elections PDF eBook
Author John Fund
Publisher Encounter Books
Pages 197
Release 2021-11-02
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1641772093

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Behind the deeply contentious 2020 election stands a real story of a broken election process. Election fraud that alters election outcomes and dilutes legitimate votes occurs all too often, as is the bungling of election bureaucrats. Our election process is full of vulnerabilities that can be — and are — taken advantage of, raising questions about, and damaging public confidence in, the legitimacy of the outcome of elections. This book explores the reality of the fraud and bureaucratic errors and mistakes that should concern all Americans and offers recommendations and solutions to fix those problems.

Vote!

Vote!
Title Vote! PDF eBook
Author Coral Celeste Frazer
Publisher Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Pages 124
Release 2019
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1541528158

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Looks at the history of women's suffrage, focusing on leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, and others.