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- 2020-09-01
- in Juvenile Fiction
- Catherine Stier
A Vote Is a Powerful Thing
Author: Catherine Stier
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN:
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Page: 35
View: 740
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STARRED REVIEW! "This book helps children make the leap from abstract concept to concrete understanding of the importance of these decisions and why voting matters...an inspiring read."—School Library Journal starred review Discover why a vote—even just a single vote—is so important. Callie knows there's a presidential election coming up. Her class is having an election, too, about an issue that affects them all—the class field trip! She's about to witness first-hand what a difference a vote can make—even a single vote—and along the way will find out about the election process and why people have fought for the right to vote throughout history. A great kids’-eye look at the power of the vote.
- 2020-02-04
- in Juvenile Fiction
- Ben Clanton
Vote For Me!
Author: Ben Clanton
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN:
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Page: 42
View: 212
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A hilarious political satire by the creator of the bestselling Narwhal and Jelly series. Hey, you! Yes, you with the dazzling smile! The donkey wants your vote. So does the elephant. And each will do just about anything to win your support. Brag? Sure! Flatter? Absolutely! Exaggerate, name-call, make silly promises and generally act childish? Yes, yes, yes and yes. Soon, the tension mounts, and these two quarrelsome candidates resort to slinging mud (literally) and flinging insults. And what happens when the election results are in? Well, let's just say the donkey and the elephant are in for a little surprise--and a certain bewhiskered, third-party candidate is in for a first term!
- 2018-09
- in Juvenile Nonfiction
- Eileen Christelow
Vote!
Author: Eileen Christelow
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 53
View: 117
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"It's hard to imagine a more accessible introduction to voting" than Eileen Christelow's hilariously illustrated Vote!, now updated for the 2018 midterm elections. (Booklist, starred review) *"It's hard to imagine a more accessible introduction to voting." --Booklist, starred review "Explains the whys and wherefores of the voting process . . . and why it all matters." --Washington Post An ALA Notable Children's Book An IRA-CBC Children's Choice Eileen Christelow'sVote! has everything you need to know about voting and how our democracy works--parties, voter registration, campaigns, rallies, debates, Election Day, even recounts! Topics are presented in a clear, kid-friendly graphic format as the story of a local election unfolds, with hilarious commentary by the candidates' pets. Includes updated back matter for the 2018 midterm election.
- 2022-01-18
- in History
- Michael Waldman
The Fight to Vote
Author: Michael Waldman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN:
Category: History
Page: 448
View: 552
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On cover, the word "right" has an x drawn over the letter "r" with the letter "f" above it.
- 2012-07-01
- in Juvenile Nonfiction
- Ann Malaspina
Heart on Fire
Susan B. Anthony Votes for President
Author: Ann Malaspina
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN:
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 35
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Top 10 on the 2013 Amelia Bloomer list A nonfiction story about suffragist Susan B. Anthony's first trip to the ballot box. On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony made history--and broke the law--when she voted in the US presidential election, a privilege that had been reserved for men. She was arrested, tried, and found guilty: "The greatest outrage History every witnessed," she wrote in her journal. It wasn't until 1920 that women were granted the right to vote, but the civil rights victory would not have been possible without Susan B. Anthony's leadership and passion to stand up for what was right.
- 2009-06-30
- in History
- Alexander Keyssar
The Right to Vote
The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
Author: Alexander Keyssar
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN:
Category: History
Page: 496
View: 593
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Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 through the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama. The Right to Vote is a sweeping reinterpretation of American political history as well as a meditation on the meaning of democracy in contemporary American life.
- 2023-06-06
- in Political Science
- Eric Holder
Our Unfinished March
The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan
Author: Eric Holder
Publisher: One World
ISBN:
Category: Political Science
Page: 305
View: 956
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A brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it’s too late—from the former U.S. Attorney General on the front lines of this fight Voting is our most important right as Americans—“the right that protects all the others,” as Lyndon Johnson famously said when he signed the Voting Rights Act—but it’s also the one most violently contested throughout U.S. history. Since the gutting of the act in the landmark Shelby County v. Holder case in 2013, many states have passed laws restricting the vote. After the 2020 election, President Trump’s effort to overturn the vote has evolved into a slow-motion coup, with many Republicans launching an all-out assault on our democracy. The vote seems to be in unprecedented peril. But the peril is not at all unprecedented. America is a fragile democracy, Eric Holder argues, whose citizens have only had unfettered access to the ballot since the 1960s. He takes readers through three dramatic stories of how the vote was won: first by white men, through violence and insurrection; then by white women, through protests and mass imprisonments; and finally by African Americans, in the face of lynchings and terrorism. Next, he dives into how the vote has been stripped away since Shelby—a case in which Holder was one of the parties. He ends with visionary chapters on how we can reverse this tide of voter suppression and become a true democracy where every voice is heard and every vote is counted. Full of surprising history, intensive analysis, and actionable plans for the future, this is a powerful primer on our most urgent political struggle from one of the country's leading advocates.
- 2020-07-31
- in Political Science
- Alexander Keyssar
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
Author: Alexander Keyssar
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category: Political Science
Page: 545
View: 865
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A New Statesman Book of the Year “America’s greatest historian of democracy now offers an extraordinary history of the most bizarre aspect of our representative democracy—the electoral college...A brilliant contribution to a critical current debate.” —Lawrence Lessig, author of They Don’t Represent Us Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Congress has tried on many occasions to alter or scuttle the Electoral College, and in this master class in American political history, a renowned Harvard professor explains its confounding persistence. After tracing the tangled origins of the Electoral College back to the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Keyssar outlines the constant stream of efforts since then to abolish or reform it. Why have they all failed? The complexity of the design and partisan one-upmanship have a lot to do with it, as do the difficulty of passing constitutional amendments and the South’s long history of restrictive voting laws. By revealing the reasons for past failures and showing how close we’ve come to abolishing the Electoral College, Keyssar offers encouragement to those hoping for change. “Conclusively demonstrates the absurdity of preserving an institution that has been so contentious throughout U.S. history and has not infrequently produced results that defied the popular will.” —Michael Kazin, The Nation “Rigorous and highly readable...shows how the electoral college has endured despite being reviled by statesmen from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson to Edward Kennedy, Bob Dole, and Gerald Ford.” —Lawrence Douglas, Times Literary Supplement
- 2019
- in Law
- Joshua A. Douglas
Vote for US
How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting
Author: Joshua A. Douglas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Law
Page: 352
View: 992
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"An expert on US election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective"--
- 2012-07-01
- in Juvenile Nonfiction
- David Leonard
Today on Election Day
Author: David Leonard
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN:
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 35
View: 931
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The school gym is a polling place and Bailey, Ren, David, Meg, Aiden, and Isabella know all about Election Day and voting! Bailey helped her Aunt Julia run for a seat on the city council. Aiden goes with his grandpa to vote. David's brother Jake will be voting for the first time. Meg talks about how years ago, some citizens were not permitted to vote. A perfect picture book for future voters of America, Today on Election Day will simultaneously entertain and educate.
