The politics of voter suppression : defending and expanding Americans' right to vote / Tova Andrea Wang and Janice Nittoli.

By:

Wang, Tova Andrea [author.]

Contributor(s):

Nittoli, Janice [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780801466038
0801466032

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

324.60973 23

LOC classification:

JK1976 .W36 2016

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 analyzing laws and policies.

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Previously issued in print: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 analyzing laws and policies.