Author: United States. Federal Election CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voter registration
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A Report To The 107th Congress: The Impact Of The National Voter Registration Act Of 1993 On The Administration Of Elections For Federal Office, 1999-2000
Author: United States. Federal Election CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voter registration
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Author: United States Commission on Civil RightsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil LibertiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Just Elections
Author: Dennis F. ThompsonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226797635
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The 2000 election showed that the mechanics of voting such as ballot design, can make a critical difference in the accuracy and fairness of our elections. But as Dennis F. Thompson shows, even more fundamental issues must be addressed to insure that our electoral system is just. Thompson argues that three central democratic principles—equal respect, free choice, and popular sovereignty—underlie our electoral institutions, and should inform any assessment of the justice of elections. Although we may all endorse these principles in theory, Thompson shows that in practice we disagree about their meaning and application. He shows how they create conflicts among basic values across a broad spectrum of electoral controversies, from disagreements about term limits and primaries to disputes about recounts and presidential electors. To create a fair electoral system, Thompson argues, we must deliberate together about these principles and take greater control of the procedures that govern our elections. He demonstrates how applying the principles of justice to electoral practices can help us answer questions that our electoral system poses: Should race count in redistricting? Should the media call elections before the polls close? How should we limit the power of money in elections? Accessible and wide ranging, Just Elections masterfully weaves together the philosophical, legal, and political aspects of the electoral process. Anyone who wants to understand the deeper issues at stake in American elections and the consequences that follow them will need to read it. In answering these and other questions, Thompson examines the arguments that citizens and their representatives actually use in political forums, congressional debates and hearings, state legislative proceedings, and meetings of commissions and local councils. In addition, the book draws on a broad range of literature: democratic theory, including writings by Madison, Hamilton, and Tocqueville, and contemporary philosophers, as well as recent studies in political science, and work in election law.
The Impact of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 on the Administration of Elections for Federal Office
Author: Keeping Down the Black Vote
Author: Frances Fox PivenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"Keeping Down the Black Vote" offers a controversial examination of how the American political system works to suppress the vote--especially the votes of African Americans and minorities.
Federal Election Campaign Laws
Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
How Our Laws are Made
Author: John V. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Implementing the National Voter Registration Act
Author: United States. Office of Election AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".