3. Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines / Voter registration and the voter ID debate -- Voter ID: where have we been, where are we going? / Betsy Woodruff Swan -- 80% of Americans support voter ID rules, but fewer worried about fraud, polls find / Alison Durkee -- Voter ID bill clears Missouri legislature despite fierce criticism from Black Democrats / Rebecca Rivas -- Hundreds of mail-in ballots are being returned to Texas voters because they don't comply with new voting law / Alexa Ura -- 2. Access to the franchise. The debate over felon disenfranchisement -- States moving fast after Congress failed to expand felon voting rights / Zach Montellaro -- Felon voting ban is racially motivated and unconstitutional, NC judges rule / Will Doran -- Tackling felony disenfranchisement before the midterm elections / Benjamin Barber -- Reeves ignores racist history of state's felony voting ban with vetoes / Bobby Harrison -- Bernie Sanders is wrong: felons shouldn't vote from prison / John R. Lott Jr. -- There are good reasons for felons to lose the right to vote / Hans A. von Spakovsky and Roger Clegg -- Texas court orders that illegal voting conviction against Crystal Mason be reviewed / Ashley Lopez -- 3. Electoral crime in America. The persistence of voter fraud claims -- Poll: more Americans are concerned about voting access than fraud prevention / Domenico Montanaro -- The battles over voting rights, preventing fraud and access to ballots: 5 essential reads / Naomi Schalit -- Trump's fraud claims died in court, but the myth of stolen elections lives on / Jim Rutenberg, Nick Corasaniti, and Alan Feuer -- Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines / Betsy Woodruff Swan -- 5. Only citizens deserve the right to vote, in Maine and beyond / Political manipulation of American democracy -- Supreme Court blunts voting rights in Arizona, and potentially nationwide, in controversial ruling / Jacob Posik. Voting and elections divide Republicans and Democrats like little else: here's why / Philip Ewing -- If Georgia's election law was supposed to suppress the vote, it sure did a bad job / Joe Lancaster -- The voter suppression lie / Ilya Shapiro -- The new voting restrictions aren't as restrictive as many think / Sarah Isgur -- 5. New developments in the voting rights debate. Voting rights in 2022 and beyond -- Some states are making it harder to vote, some are making it easier, but it's too soon to say if this will affect turnout in 2022 / Nancy Martorano Miller -- Election worker safety and privacy / Sarah J. Eckman and Karen L. Shanton -- New York is about to let noncitizens vote: it could reshape local politics forever / Erin Durkin -- New York City's noncitizen voting law is struck down / Jeffery C. Mays -- Only citizens deserve the right to vote, in Maine and beyond / Jacob Posik.
Summary:
"This issue of The Reference Shelf looks at some of the best American journalism and writing on the topic of voting rights. Sections present articles on subjects ranging from convict disenfranchisement, voting and race, and the challenges of voting in urban versus rural areas. This issue pays special attention to the debate over voter fraud and voting security and how recent allegations of voter fraud have been used to justify new voter restrictions in many states. Other topics covered include voter ID requirements, voting and transportation for the elderly, and the debate over online voting."--Provided by publisher
Series:
The reference shelf, 1948-6820 ; volume 94, number 5
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