American History: Voting Rights (Rhees)

Background information

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Articles by topic

What About DC?

• Should Washington Citizens Have a Vote in Congress? (CQ Researcher)
• DC Vote: Online Library (website)
• Fair Vote: DC Voting Rights (website)

The Electoral College

• At Issue: Electoral College (SIRS)
• Electoral College: Should it Be Abolished? Should it Be Changed? (CQ Researcher)
• The Presidential Election Process (Opposing Viewpoints)
• Electoral Vote: The Electoral College (website)
• Federal Election Commission: The Electoral College (website)
• A More Perfect Constitution: The Electoral College (book)

Voter ID Laws

• Should Photo IDs Be Required at the Ballot Box? (CQ Researcher)
• Ballot Boxing (SIRS)
• Project Vote: Voter ID Requirement (website)
• Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Sent Back to Lower Court (Washington Post)
• Court Blocks Texas Voter ID Law, Citing Racial Impact (New York Times)
• Weeks Before Election, Voter ID Law Back in Court (Reuters)
• Washington Lawyer: Voter ID (magazine)
• Wall Street Journal: Counting Voter Fraud (website)

Voter Turnout

• Low Voter Turnout: Is America's Democracy in Trouble? (CQ Researcher)
• FairVote: Voter Turnout (website)
• Youth and Political Participation (Issues: Understanding controversy)
• Census: Voting and Registration (website)
• Census: Voting and Registration in the 2008 Election (website)
• Pew: The Party of Nonvoters (website)
• University of Florida: Why Americans Don't Vote (website)
• Vote or Pay: Controversial Tactics for Increasing Voter Turnout (LA Times)
• Science Daily: Convenient Election Day Voting Centers Can Increase Voter Turnout (website)
• Brookings: Telling Americans to Vote, or Else (website)
• The Nation: America Needs Electoral Reform (website)
• Nonprofit Vote: America Goes to the Polls 2010 (file)

Felons

• Voting Rights (CQ Researcher)
• Project Vote: Felon Voting Rights (website)
• At Issue: Convicted Felons (SIRS)
• Felons Should Not Be Allowed to Vote (1) (Opposing Viewpoints)
• Felons Should Not Be Allowed to Vote (2) (Opposing Viewpoints)
• Felons Who Have Served Their Time Should Be Allowed to Vote (Opposing Viewpoints)
• Some Felons Should Be Allowed to Vote (Opposing Viewpoints)
• Fair Vote: Felon Disenfranchisement (website)
• Should Former Felons Have the Right to Vote? (NPR)
• Brennan Center for Justice: Voting Changes in 2012 (website)

Rigging elections

• Redistricting Debates: Will Reforms Limit Gerrymandering? (CQ Researcher)
• Redistricting Disputes: Should the Courts Limit Partisan Gerrymandering? (CQ Researcher)
• Redistricting: Are Minority Groups Fairly Represented in Congress? (CQ Researcher)
• Drawn and Quartered (Opposing Viewpoints)
• Fair Vote: Redistricting (website)
• A More Perfect Constitution: Congressional Redistricting (book)
• A Citizen's Guide to Redistricting (book)