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What is voting?

In accessible language, explores the many situations that require people's votes in the United States, including voting for public office in the local, state, and federal governments.

What's the big deal about elections

Presents a picture book featuring the history of elections and the political voting process in the United States, along with fun facts and trivia, such as the fact that George Washington is the only politician in American history to run unopposed, and the fact that Tuesday is always Election Day because Tuesday used to be the best day for farmers to go and vote.
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The right to vote

2018
The Right to Vote examines how voting rights have evolved throughout the history of the United States. This title looks at the reasons behind limiting the right to vote, the suffrage movements of various groups, and current debates surrounding voting issues in the country.
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The women’s suffrage movement

2018
This book explores the events of the movement, ideas that led to its formation and execution, how the key players in and what effects these achievements had in years and decades to come.
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Voting rights and voter ID laws

A collection of fourteen essays that discuss many points of view about voting rights and voter ID laws.
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Political participation and voting rights

2017
This book discusses the issues, challenges, and procedure of voting and voting right.

Give us the ballot

the modern struggle for voting rights in America
2015
"On the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, an...account of the continuing battle over Americans' right to vote"--Provided by publisher.

The fight to vote

2016
"Takes a ... look at a crucial American struggle: the drive to define and defend government based on 'the consent of the governed.' From the beginning, and at every step along the way, as Americans sought [the] right to vote, others have fought to stop them. This is ... the full story from the founders' debates to today's challenges: a wave of restrictive voting laws, partisan gerrymanders, [and] the flood of campaign money unleashed by Citizens United. Americans are proud of our democracy. But today that system seems to be under siege, and the right to vote has become the fight to vote"--Amazon.com.

Women's Suffrage

Fighting for Women's Rights
2012
Learn about the controversial and inspiring movement that took decades to achieve suffrage for all women in the United States.

Voting rights

2015
A collection of twenty-six essays that provides varying perspectives on voting rights, debating if everyone should be allowed to vote, if it should be mandatory, and the expansion of global voting rights and rights for women.

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