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"Accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression have been widespread in the 21st century, but the facts are often obscured. How much of a problem is voter fraud? What should be done to combat it-and will proposed measures be helpful or harmful to most voters? Informative text and engaging fact boxes explore voting rights issues, giving readers a better understanding of the facts surrounding this politically charged topic. A list of ways young people can become more involved in voting rights activism is also included to help them become more active citizens"--

One hundred years after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the ability of women to effectively exercise the right to vote is far from guaranteed. Although 1920 may mark the historical moment when women's suffrage was added to the Constitution, the past century has been rife with obstacles preventing many women, particularly women of color, from exercising their right to vote. Scholars have noted that for these women, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was pivotal in more fully securing the right to vote (Hewitt 2010; Junn and Brown 2008; Montoya 2018; Smooth 2006). With a resurgence in voter-suppression efforts and a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened the VRA, voting rights again are imperiled. Although the role of race and class justifiably have been placed at the center of analysis, little attention has been given to the potential gendered considerations. This article argues that gender is still a salient part of the story, and intersectional analysis is necessary for a more thorough understanding of the impact that restrictive laws might have in order to counter them.

"In early 2021 lawmakers across the country began passing new voting restrictions based on false claims of widespread election fraud. New voting laws increased voter ID requirements, reduced access to mail-in ballots, and cut the number of places voters could vote or drop off ballots. Some new election laws allow partisan observers, called poll-watchers, to closely monitor the actions of election officials and voters. But the new election laws are not supported by a majority of people in the United States as they all but exclude many legal voters"--

Chronicles the history & achievements of the movement for voting rights in the US, which, since the 1950s, has been a keystone in the fight for political representation among racial minorities. Comparisons are made to movements for civil rights, women's suffrage, the abolition of slavery, & labor-organizing efforts, arguing that the voting rights movement is of no less importance in its goals or accomplishments. Legal dimensions of the movement are discussed, focusing on racial discrimination & the parity of individual election ballots. Ways that the current system of voting indirectly promotes racial discrimination are identified, & the creation of the single-member district system by the US Supreme Court in 1986 is commended. Implications for the use of such spatial distancing processes in attaining greater racial equality in voting are discussed, along with some limitations of the strategy. K. H. Stewart

Redistricting is a well-studied phenomenon, & our knowledge about the subject has expanded ten-fold in the last decade as a great deal of scholarly work probes the political, constitutional, & legal issues raised by the creation of majority-minority districts (Karlan 1995; Grofman 1998). Although scholars have looked at the political effect & outcomes related to redistricting, the Dept of Justice's involvement is largely unexplored. The Justice Dept plays a prominent role in the redistricting process as it implements Section Five of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. Section Five directs the Justice Dept to review new district lines & other changes related to voting. Using principal-agent theory & systems theory, the institutional role of the Justice Dept is investigated. This study proposes that examinations of redistricting should include an analysis of the inputs related to redistricting, rather than only focusing on the outputs & consequences of majority-minority districts (see Canon 1999). It is possible to expand the dialogue on redistricting & in particular the implementation of Section Five through the examination of compliance letters (also referred to as preclearance letters). The implementation of the Section Five of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is viewed through the written correspondence between the Justice Dept & the state of LA & logistic regression is employed. 1 Table, 1 Appendix, 53 References. Adapted from the source document.