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1) One person, one vote: a surprising history of gerrymandering in America

Author

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"Nicholas Seabrook, authority on constitutional and election law, and expert on gerrymandering, begins with the earliest gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard 'g'!) before our nation's founding with the rigging of American elections for partisan and political gain and the election-meddling of the colonial governor of North Carolina (George Burrington) in retaliation against his critics. The author writes of Patrick Henry, who used redistricting to...

2) Unrigged: how Americans are battling back to save democracy

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Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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"Charts a vibrant political movement that is rising in the wake of his and other reporters' revelations. With his trademark journalistic rigor and narrative flair, Daley reports on Pennsylvania's dramatic defeat of a gerrymander using the research of ingenious mathematicians and the Michigan millennial who launched a statewide redistricting revolution with a Facebook post. He tells the stories of activist groups that paved the way for 2018's historic...

3) Ratf**ked: the true story behind the secret plan to steal America's democracy

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English

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"The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting"--NoveList. After Obama's historic election in 2008, a small cadre of Republican operatives began plotting the party's comeback with a simple yet ingenious plan. These men had devised a way to take a tradition of dirty tricks-- known to political insiders as "ratf**king"-- to a whole new, unprecedented level....

4) Reapportionment in the 1970s

Publisher

Published for the Institute of Governmental Studies by University of California Press

Pub. Date

1971

Language

English

5) On democracy's doorstep: the inside story of how the Supreme Court brought "one person, one vote" to the United States

Author

Smith, J. Douglas

Publisher

Hill and Wang

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

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"The inside story of the Supreme Court decisions that brought true democracy to the United States"--

6) Congressional apportionment

Author

Burnett, Kristin D

Series

Census brief volume C2010BR-08

Publisher

U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Web-Based Document

7) Congressional apportionment

Author

Publisher

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

8) Counting the vote: should only U.S. citizens be included in apportioning our elected representatives? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census of the Committee on Government...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census

Publisher

U.S. G.P.O

Pub. Date

2006

Language

English

9) Providing the Census Bureau with the time to produce a complete and accurate census: hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, second session, September 10, 2020

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Web-Based Document

10) 2010 census: reducing the undercount in the Hispanic community : hearing before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives

Publisher

U.S. G.P.O

Pub. Date

2008

Language

English

11) Providing the Census Bureau with the time to produce a complete and accurate census: hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, second session, September 10, 2020

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

12) Counting every person: safeguarding the 2020 census against the Trump administration's unconstitutional attacks : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Web-Based Document

13) Congressional authority to protect voting rights after Shelby County v. Holder: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Web-Based Document

14) Ensuring the 2020 census count is complete and accurate: hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, second session, December 3, 2020

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

15) Counting every person: safeguarding the 2020 census against the Trump administration's unconstitutional attacks : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform

Publisher

United States Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

16) Congressional authority to protect voting rights after Shelby County v. Holder: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Publisher

United States Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

17) Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: potential legislative reforms : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Web-Based Document

18) Legislative proposals to strengthen the Voting Rights Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress,...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Web-Based Document

19) The need to enhance the Voting Rights Act: preliminary injunctions, bail-in coverage, election observers, and notice : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Web-Based Document

20) Evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth...

Author

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Publisher

U.S. Government Publishing Office

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English