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The Reference Shelf: Voting Rights

Table of Contents

Preface




1 Verifying the Vote



Voter Registration and the Voter ID Debate


Voter ID: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?


80% of Americans Support Voter ID Rules—But Fewer Worried About Fraud, Polls Find


Voter ID Bill Clears Missouri Legislature Despite Fierce Criticism from Black Democrats


Hundreds of Mail-In Ballots Are Being Returned to Texas Voters Because They Don’t Comply with New Voting Law


2 Access to the Franchise



The Debate over Felon Disenfranchisement


States Moving Fast After Congress Failed to Expand Felon Voting Rights


Felon Voting Ban Is Racially Motivated and Unconstitutional, NC Judges Rule


Tackling Felony Disenfranchisement Before the Midterm Elections


Reeves Ignores Racist History of State’s Felony Voting Ban with Vetoes


Bernie Sanders Is Wrong: Felons Shouldn’t Vote from Prison


There Are Good Reasons for Felons to Lose the Right to Vote


Texas Court Orders That Illegal Voting Conviction Against Crystal Mason Be Reviewed


3 Electoral Crime in America



The Persistence of Voter Fraud Claims


Poll: More Americans Are Concerned About Voting Access Than Fraud Prevention


The Battles Over Voting Rights, Preventing Fraud and Access to Ballots—5 Essential Reads


Trump’s Fraud Claims Died in Court, but the Myth of Stolen Elections Lives On


Read the Never-Issued Trump Order That Would Have Seized Voting Machines


4 Voter Suppression



Political Manipulation of American Democracy


Supreme Court Blunts Voting Rights in Arizona—and Potentially Nationwide—in Controversial Ruling


Voting and Elections Divide Republicans and Democrats Like Little Else: Here’s Why


If Georgia’s Election Law Was Supposed to Suppress the Vote, It Sure Did a Bad Job


The Voter Suppression Lie


The New Voting Restrictions Aren’t as Restrictive as Many Think


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


Election Worker Safety and Privacy


New York Is About to Let Noncitizens Vote: It Could Reshape Local Politics Forever


New York City’s Noncitizen Voting Law Is Struck Down


Only Citizens Deserve the Right to Vote, in Maine and Beyond


Bibliography


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