02403nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10583992 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120208s2012 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2012005954 9780801450853 (cloth alk. paper) 9780801466038 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)808077194 n-us--- JK1976 .W36 2012eb 324.60973 23 Wang, Tova Andrea. The politics of voter suppression [electronic resource] : defending and expanding Americans' right to vote / Tova Andrea Wang. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012. xviii, 197 p. "A Century Foundation book." Includes bibliographical references and index. The voter inclusion principle -- The early years of vote suppression -- Conditions and consequences of the Voting Rights Act -- Vote suppression goes national and Republican -- The battle over Motor Voter -- The election of 2000 and its fallout -- A slight upswing -- Effects on election outcomes -- How to increase participation -- Epilogue : what citizens can do. "Tova Wang explains how, across the twentieth century, the issue of access to the ballot was transformed from a largely practical matter of electoral advantage into an ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties."--Publisher's Web site. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Elections United States History 20th century. Elections Corrupt practices United States History 20th century. Voter registration United States History 20th century. Voter registration Corrupt practices United States History 20th century. Suffrage United States History 20th century. Voting United States History 20th century. United States Politics and government 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10583992 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 82457 82457