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Vote for US
- Author
- Joshua A. Douglas
- Narrator
- Keith Sellon-Wright
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 9 April 2019
- Run Time
- 7 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Told through the narratives of those working on positive voting rights reforms, Douglas includes chapters on expanding voter eligibility, easing voter registration rules, making voting more convenient, enhancing accessibility at the polls, providing voters with more choices, finding ways to comply with voter ID rules, giving redistricting back to the voters, pushing back on big money through local and state efforts, using journalism to make the system more accountable, and improving civics education.
Unusually accessible for a lay audience and thoroughly researched, this book gives anyone fed up with our current political environment the ideas and tools necessary to affect change in their own communities.
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- Author
- Joshua A. Douglas
- Narrator
- Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duration
- 7 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 April 2019
- ISBN
- 9781684572618
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Politics and government, Political activism, Elections and referenda, Political campaigning and advertising, Political structure and processes
Synopsis
In contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Professor Joshua A. Douglas, an expert on our electoral system, examines these encouraging developments in this inspiring book about how regular Americans are working to take back their democracy, one community at a time.Told through the narratives of those working on positive voting rights reforms, Douglas includes chapters on expanding voter eligibility, easing voter registration rules, making voting more convenient, enhancing accessibility at the polls, providing voters with more choices, finding ways to comply with voter ID rules, giving redistricting back to the voters, pushing back on big money through local and state efforts, using journalism to make the system more accountable, and improving civics education.Unusually accessible for a lay audience and thoroughly researched, this book gives anyone fed up with our current political environment the ideas and tools necessary to affect change in their own communities.
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