To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process
To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process

Author: Jimmy Carter

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2004-05-26

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780815798637

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In 2000 the American electoral system was tested by a political ordeal unlike any in living memory. Not since 1876-77 has the outcome of a national election remained so unsettled for so long. The past election¡¯s recount conundrum shook the nation¡¯s faith in the mechanisms that support the democratic process. Led by former Presidents Ford and Carter, the National Commission on Federal Election Reform undertook a study of the American electoral system. The resulting report describes where and what went wrong during the 2000 election, and makes clear and specific recommendations for reform, directed at state government, Congress, news organizations, and others. This volume also includes the full text of the Task Force Reports from the Commission.

Beyond the Voting Rights Act
Beyond the Voting Rights Act

Author: Gregory T. Moore

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 311074256X

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Beyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded in American history and are still underway across the country. It tells a story of that struggle from the author’s perspective beginning as a young African American from Cleveland in the 1980s, who reluctantly became involved within this movement as a student activist and inadvertently rose to become an integral part of the ultimate legislative victory