cam a22 4 4500 589349546 CHVBK 20200722080637.0 190403s2020 xxu b||| 001 0 eng|c 2019012053 978-1-4798-6235-1 (OCoLC)1090816384 (IDSBB)007191027 (OCoLC)1090816384 (OCoLC)1091845347 (OCoLC)1112355204 (OCoLC)1137227927 (OCoLC)1137228696 (OCoLC)1137230748 NNU-L ger DLC OCLCO OCLCF YDX KBC WIM YDX WLL MZ5 COH GWL JTH VP@ CLU DYJ TOH SzZUIDS BS/BE B500 rda KF4891 .D36 2020 320 15 324.6/20973 23 MG 70430 rvk Daniels Gilda R. (DE-588)1205411283 Verfasser aut Uncounted the crisis of voter suppression in America Gilda R. Daniels New York New York University Press [2020] v, 265 Seiten Text txt rdacontent/ger ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/ger Band nc rdacarrier/ger Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-249) and index "An answer to the assault on voting rights--crucial reading in advance of the 2020 presidential election. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered one of the most effective pieces of legislation the United States has ever passed. It enfranchised hundreds of thousands of voters, particularly in the American South, and drew attention to the problem of voter suppression. Yet in recent years there has been a continuous assault on access to the ballot box in the form of stricter voter ID requirements, meritless claims of rigged elections, and baseless accusations of voter fraud. In the past these efforts were aimed at eliminating African American voters from the rolls, and today, new laws seek to eliminate voters of color, the poor, and the elderly, groups that historically vote for the Democratic Party. Uncounted examines the phenomenon of disenfranchisement through the lens of history, race, law, and the democratic process. Gilda R. Daniels, who served as Deputy Chief in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and more than two decades of voting rights experience, argues that voter suppression works in cycles, constantly adapting and finding new ways to hinder access for an exponentially growing minority population. She warns that a premeditated strategy of restrictive laws and deceptive practices has taken root and is eroding the very basis of American democracy--the right to vote"--Publisher's website Also available as an e-book Korruption (DE-588)4032524-6 gnd Wählerverzeichnis (DE-588)4479009-0 gnd Wahlrecht (DE-588)4064302-5 gnd Suffrage United States Suffrage United States History Voter registration Corrupt practices United States Voter registration Corrupt practices United States History Elections Corrupt practices United States Elections Corrupt practices United States History Elections Corrupt practices fast Suffrage fast Voter registration Corrupt practices fast POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights bisacsh USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd United States fast History fast BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Stoppsignal FRED nebis DS IDSBB B400 B400 400H5 BeM RGA 8763 NELB4002007 / B500 IDSBB 100 1- Daniels Gilda R. (DE-588)1205411283 Verfasser aut IDSBB DSV51 DSV01 B400 http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSBB/007191027/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 589349546