Cover image for America votes! : challenges to modern election law and voting rights
Title:
America votes! : challenges to modern election law and voting rights
Author:
Griffith, Benjamin E., editor.
ISBN:
9781641055543
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Contents:
Voter qualification and participation -- Immigration, citizenship, and the 2020 census / Strict construction of voter registration laws : Georgia's experience in 2018 / Too broke to vote : how Florida's felon re-enfranchisement law penalizes the poor / Millennials and electoral access in 2018-2020 / A holistic approach to assisting language minority voters / Native American voting rights / The voting process -- Early voting in America : public usage and public support / Voter ID laws and jurisprudence : the path to 2020 / Cybersecurity threats to election systems and development of best practices / Ranked-choice voting : Maine's experience / Voter fraud claims in America : a historical review of how voter fraud claims have shaped policy and affected voters / Potential legal pitfalls for the 2020 elections / For the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 1) : unpacking the most comprehensive democracy reform package since Watergate / Voting rights litigation -- Criminal enforcement of the election laws : lessons from 2016 and what to expect in 2020 / Section 2 vote dilution in 2018 and beyond, with emphasis on state legislative redistricting / Digitized election administration : perils and promise / Impact of Shelby County v. Holder on 2018 and 2020 election cycles / Redistricting -- Partisan gerrymandering under federal and state law / The new redistricting math : establishing fair districts / Audits and recounts -- Risk-limiting and ballot image audits / Recounts : the new reality two decades after Bush v. Gore
Abstract:
"Each edition of America Votes! explores issues of concern and problems that threaten the security and fairness of the American electoral system. There is much that needs to be done across a whole host of issues to restore confidence in the fairness, equity, and security of the voting process in communities across America. This edition describes in detail what these issues are"-- Provided by publisher.