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This book explores how the United States institutions of democracy have affected a citizen's ability to participate in politics. The 2000 election and the ensuing decade of research demonstrated that the institutions of elections vitally affect participation. This book examines turnout and vote choice, as well as elections as an institution, administration of elections and the intermediaries that affect a citizen's ability to cast a vote as intended. Kropf traces the institutions of franchise from the Constitutional Convention through the 2012 election and the general themes of how institutions have changed increasing, democratization and production federal growth over time in the United States.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- ONE A Woman's Voice in a Man's World -- TWO Opposing Opinions on Achieving Suffrage -- THREE Objections to the Movement -- FOUR Political Viewpoints on the Nineteenth Amendment -- FIVE Voting Rights and Realities after 1920 -- SIX Modern Perspectives on the Amendment -- Timeline -- Notes -- Further Information -- Bibliography -- Index.

The adoption of the Kuwaiti Constitution in 1962 and the granting of political rights to Kuwaiti women in 2005 constitute two major turning points in modern Kuwaiti history. These two dates will stay inscribed in the memory of Kuwaiti generations for a long time to come.

Should the United States Constitution be amended to guarantee the right to vote? To the average citizen – and probably many lawyers – this almost certainly would be taken as an absurd question. Most people probably assume that the right to vote is, at least in principle, already guaranteed by the Constitution even if our practices fall short of our ideals. But, in fact, although the Constitution frequently refers to the "right … to vote" – and the Supreme Court's jurisprudence has long treated voting as a fundamental right – the right to vote per se is nowhere guaranteed. A right-to-vote amendment would, in the words of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, "[p]ut the right to vote into the Constitution." Given the fundamental place of the right to vote in our thinking about democracy, that sounds like an incontestably good idea. But the issue is not as simple as that. Amending the Constitution is sufficiently onerous – requiring initial approval by two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and of the Senate, followed by the ratification by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states – that only twenty-seven amendments have been ratified in the 226 years since the Constitution came into effect, with only two amendments taking effect in the last forty-five years. Securing the passage and ratification of a right-to-vote amendment would involve a major effort of political will. Would it be worth the effort?

This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee's Fayette County Tent City Movement in the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote. Powerfully conveyed through interconnected stories and told through the eyes of a child, this book combines poetry, prose, and stunning illustrations to shine light on this forgotten history

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Amendment Text and Explanation -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Chapter 1: Historical Background on the Fifteenth Amendment -- The Fifteenth Amendment Was Part of a "Second Constitution" for the United States -- The Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment Helped Former Rebel States Rejoin the Union -- Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment Is Simply Justice -- Voting Rights Should Be Preserved for White Men of European Background -- The Fifteenth Amendment Will Help Blacks Fulfill Their Potential as Americans -- The Federal Government Must Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment's Guarantees -- Chapter 2: Challenging and Affirming the Fifteenth Amendment -- Individual States Cannot Restrict the Fifteenth Amendment's Guarantees -- States May Restrict Nonwhites from Voting in State Primaries -- States Cannot Restrict Voting in Primaries to Whites Only -- Congress Has the Right to Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment -- Parts of the Voting Rights Act Are Unconstitutional -- Chapter 3: Ensuring Voting Rights in Contemporary America -- Indiana's Voter ID Law Threatens to Disenfranchise Some Voters -- Voter ID Laws Have Not Been Shown to Reduce Voter Turnout -- States Continue to Find Ways to Restrict Voters -- Some Authorities Still Try to Stop African Americans from Voting -- Federal Officials Still Monitor Elections to Ensure Fair Voting Procedures -- Appendices -- A. The Amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- B. Court Cases Relevant to the Fifteenth Amendment -- For Further Research -- Index -- Back Cover

This article discusses the South Asian community organizing to fight for the same rights in Canada as other subjects in the British Empire. Specifically they seek to challenge the Canadian laws that prevent them from voting in federal and provincial elections and the exclusion laws that prevent South Asians from immigrating to Canada. The challenge includes plans for delegates to appeal to officials in Ottawa and in London. ; Research project undertaken by the University of the Fraser Valley South Asian Studies Institute, formerly the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies in 2015

This article discusses the South Asian community organizing to fight for the same rights in Canada as other subjects in the British Empire. Specifically they seek to challenge the Canadian laws that prevent them from voting in federal and provincial elections and the exclusion laws that prevent South Asians from immigrating to Canada. The challenge includes plans for delegates to appeal to officials in Ottawa and in London. ; Research project undertaken by the University of the Fraser Valley South Asian Studies Institute, formerly the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies in 2015