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Library eBooks
When the Letter Betrays the Spirit by
When the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines the wide latitude provided to the executive branch and to the Supreme Court by the text of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing from government enforcement data, legislative history, Supreme Court rulings, the 2006 reauthorization debate on the VRA, and from the 2007 scandal involving the firing of U.S. attorneys under the Bush Administration, the book examines when, why, and how executive and judicial discretion facilitates violation of voting rights. Connecting Johnson to Obama, the book outlines why the executive-centered model of voting rights enforcement relegates Congress to the sidelines, and outlines why a Congress-centered approach provides the best protection against the effects of the law enforcement axiom: the law is neither self-executing nor self-interpreting. The book also examines 2008 survey results about public support for a Jim Crow-era election reform policy that would require voters to read a passage of the Constitution. Describing the civic literacy dimensions of voting rights law from Shaw v. Reno (1993) to Northwest Austin Utility v. Holder (2009), the book highlights the complicated nature of the post-racial rhetoric surrounding the 2008 election cycle and surrounding the upcoming post-2010 census redistricting cycles.
ISBN: 9780739149126Publication Date: 2011-08-18
Women and the Vote by
Before 1893 no woman anywhere in the world had the vote in a national election. A hundred years later almost all countries had enfranchised women, and it was a sign of backwardness not to have done so.This is the story of how this momentous change came about. The first genuinely global history of women and the vote, it takes the story of women in politics from the earliest times to the present day, revealing startling new connections across time and national boundaries - from Europe and NorthAmerica to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Muslim world post-9/11.A story of individuals as well as of wider movements, it includes the often dramatic life-stories of women's suffrage pioneers from across the world, painting vivid biographical portraits of everyone from Susan B. Anthony and the Pankhursts to hitherto lesser-known activists in China, Latin America,and Africa.It is also the first major post-feminist history of women's struggle for the vote. Controversially, Jad Adams rejects the widely accepted idea that success was primarily a result of the pressure group politics of the suffragists and their supporters. Ultimately, he argues, it was nationalism, notfeminism, that was the most important factor in winning women the vote.
ISBN: 9780198706847Publication Date: 2014-11-18
Native Vote: American Indians, the Voting Rights Act, and the Right to Vote by
The right to vote is the foundation of democratic government; all other policies are derived from it. The history of voting rights in America has been characterized by a gradual expansion of the franchise. American Indians are an important part of that story but have faced a prolonged battle to gain the franchise. One of the most important tools wielded by advocates of minority voting rights has been the Voting Rights Act. This book explains the history and expansion of Indian voting rights, with an emphasis on seventy cases based on the Voting Rights Act and/or the Equal Protection Clause. The authors describe the struggle to obtain Indian citizenship and the basic right to vote, then analyze the cases brought under the Voting Rights Act, including three case studies. The final two chapters assess the political impact of these cases and the role of American Indians in contemporary politics.
ISBN: 9780521839839Publication Date: 2007-03-19
Old Nations, New Voters by
Groundbreaking empirical study of voting by resident aliens in established democracies.
ISBN: 9780791476130Publication Date: 2008-11-13
Voting in the U.S.A
Our Past: Who Fought to Vote?
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1870: The 15th Amendment to the Constitution grants all men the right to vote, including former slaves.
Voter discrimination remains / Women and Native Americans still do not have the right to vote.
1920: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution grants white women the right to vote.
1924: The Indian Citizenship Act grants citizenship and the right to vote to Native Americans.
1964: The Federal Civil Rights Act grants all citizens, regardless of race and education, the right to vote.
1971: The 26th Amendment to the Constitution lowers the voting age to 18.
1975: The renewed Voting Rights Act eliminates pre-voting tests and requires translated voting forms.
1984: The Federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly & Handicapped Act requires polling locations to be accessible to voters with disabilities.
Read more about America's History of Voting and Present Voting Laws! Or watch the video below!
Nicki Beaman Griffin. (2013, November 5). The fight for the right to vote in the United States - Ted-Ed. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/P9VdyPbbzlI
Explore the library articles below to better understand our Voting History:
Image References:
TradingCardsNPS (Creator). Receiving the Right to Vote [Image: licensed under CC BY 2.0]. Retrieved from https://ccsearch-dev.creativecommons.org/photos/66cca67d-d36d-4dcb-a6b1-0f93d3cc83d0
UpNorth Memories - Donald (Don) Harrison (Creator). Detroit MI 1913 RPPC Gratiot Avenue Modern Womens Suffrage Movement Parade Equal Rights for Women or Women's Rights Movement [Photograph: licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]. Retrieved from https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/ce32ebd8-5634-4893-814b-b2445056e3c3
Unseen Histories (Creator). Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963 [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://unsplash.com/photos/9RbdjQ3nCEk
