The Hidden History of the War on Voting : Who Stole Your Vote--And How to Get It Back

• Autore: Hartmann Thom <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated, , 2020; ©2019
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 pages)
• Soggetto non controllato: Election Law; United States; Law; History
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Heartbeat of Democracy -- Control the Vote, Control the Country -- Part One: The Hidden History of the Vote in America -- Power to the South: There The-Fifths Compromise -- The Racist Legacy of a Constitutional Compromise -- The Founders Feared a Trump-like President-Which Is Why They Established the Electoral College -- The Electoral College and Slavery -- The Unique Struggles of Women and Native Americans to Vote -- The Generational Fight for Women's Suffrage -- Silencing and Suppressing Native Voices -- Madison's Warning -- Part Two: The Economic Royalists' Modern War on Voting -- Why Racists Don't Want Everyone to Vote -- The Racist Backlash to Brown v. Board -- Conservative Excuses for Preventing Everyone from Voting -- The Billionaires' Trick to Keep Everyone from Voting -- Buying Politicians, Selling Lies, and Suppressing the Vote -- The Rise of Social Issues -- Promoting New(t)speak -- The Day the Music Died -- A New War on the Vote -- Is Voting a Right? Should It Be? -- Numbers, Not Voters -- Stacey Abrams Was Robbed -- Exit Polling around the World -- Exit Polls in the US and Red Shift Explained -- Voting Machines, Hacking, and Red Shift -- Privatizing the Vote with Voting Machines -- Suppressing the Vote with Provisional Ballots -- Diluting the Vote with Gerrymandering -- Depressing the Vote with Money in Politics -- The Beginnings of a Myth: Voting Fraud -- Voting Fraud: From Myth to Dogma -- Kris Kobach: The Voting Fraud Myth Becomes a Mission -- Interstate Crosscheck and the Election Integrity Scam -- Part Three: Solutions -- The GOP's Grand Stand against Voting and Democracy -- Republicans Oppose "For the People Act of 2019" -- Automatic Voter Registration -- Restore the Vote for Returning Citizens -- End Voter Caging. ; Make Election Day a National Holiday -- Vote by Mail -- Extend Early Voting -- Paper Ballots or Paper Receipts -- Stopping Politicians from Choosing Their Own Voters -- The Electoral College and a National Popular Vote -- Voting Systems Shape Elections: Getting beyond Two Parties -- Compulsory Voting -- DC and Puerto Rico Statehood, Splitting Up Big States -- Get Out There, Get Active -- Finally -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Hartmann's history of voter suppression in America is necessary information given current news about voter registration purges and redistricting...a particularly timely topic for an election year, and anyone who is seriously concerned about the survival of American democracy will want to read this book and apply its lessons."--BooklistAmerica's #1 progressive radio host looks at how elites have long tried to disenfranchise citizens--particularly people of color, women, and the poor--and shows what we can do to ensure everyone has a voice in this democracy.In today's America, only a slim majority of people register to vote, and a large percentage of registered voters don't bother to show up: Donald Trump was elected by only 26 percent of eligible voters. Unfortunately, this is not a bug in our system, it's a feature. Thom Hartmann unveils the strategies and tactics that conservative elites in this country have used, from the foundation of the Electoral College to the latest voter ID laws, to protect their interests by preventing "the wrong people"--such as the poor, women, and people of color--from voting while making it more convenient for the wealthy and white. But he also lays out a wide variety of simple, commonsense ways that we the people can fight back and reclaim our right to rule through the ballot box.
• Altri titoli varianti: Hidden History of the War on Voting
• Titolo autorizzato: The Hidden History of the War on Voting
• ISBN: 1-5230-8779-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825480403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Thom Hartmann Hidden History