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Author:
Smith, Erin Geiger, author.
Title:
Thank you for voting : the maddening, enlightening, inspiring truth about voting in America / Erin Geiger Smith.
Edition:
First Harper paperbacks edition
Publisher:
Harper,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subject:
Elections--United States.
Voting--United States.
Political participation--Social aspects--United States.
Instructional and educational works.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
How we got the vote. Democracy in name only ; Long-suffering for women's suffrage ; Voting problems and voting solutions -- How to get people to vote. Transforming non-voters into voters ; Making voting their business ; Thank you for voting -- Know before you vote. Gerrymandering: over the line? ; Knowing the news is real ; Understanding polling ; Explaining the Electoral College -- Thank you for voting : a checklist -- Thank you for voting: tell your friends.
Summary:
"A concise, lively look at voting in America, including insights into why so few Americans today vote and innovative ways to educate and motivate them—updated with a new epilogue analyzing the 2020 election." --supplied by the publisher.
ISBN:
006293483X
9780062934833
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1269239033
Locations:
BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

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