Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement : Examining the Facts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckman, James A.

Series:

Contemporary Debates Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

An accessible resource that provides readers with the tools to understand and accurately assess claims and counterclaims about voter suppression, disenfranchisement, and election integrity in US politics.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

How to Use This Book

1 Foundational Issues Pertaining to Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement

Q1: Has there always been universal suffrage and the right to vote in America?

Q2: Does the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee the right to vote regardless of race?

Q3: Have women always enjoyed the right to vote?

Q4: Can examples of significant voter fraud be found in US history?

Q5: Was the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed to combat voter disenfranchisement and voter suppression?

Q6: What was the impact of the Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder (2013) decision on voting rights and voter suppression?

Q7: Which states passed restrictive voting suppression laws after Shelby County v. Holder?

Q8: How often has voter fraud taken place in modern national elections, and does the level of fraud justify preventive measures that burden the right to vote?

2 Links between Institutional Structures and Process and Voter Disenfranchisement

Q9: Does gerrymandering and redistricting diminish equal or proportional representation or disenfranchise voters?

Q10: Does the operation of the Electoral College disenfranchise voters in presidential elections?

Q11: Has the federal government enacted legislation making it easier to register to vote and/or preventing states from voter registration purges?

Q12: Has election infrastructure been modernized and improved to help protect against voter disenfranchisement?

Q13: What actions regarding voter identification have state governments taken in response to the 2002 passage of the Help America Vote Act?

3 Disenfranchised Groups Based upon Status

Q14: Does felony disenfranchisement adversely impact particular demographic groups?.

Q15: Could a person be disenfranchised because of a judicial determination of "mental incompetency" or being classified by the state as an "idiot"?

Q16: Are college students at greater risk of disenfranchisement?

Q17: Are the voting rights of military members and their families impacted by virtue of military service?

Q18: Are unhoused individuals at greater risk of disenfranchisement?

4 Voter Registration and Voting Registration Poll Purges

Q19: What are the legal requirements of state voter registration purges?

Q20: What are the chief reasons why voters are removed from voter registration lists?

Q21: Did the Interstate Crosscheck Program improve voting access and protect against voter fraud, or did it suppress the vote?

Q22: Do any centralized federal databases currently exist to verify voter registration?

Q23: Have states utilized other database-related matching programs that suppress the vote?

Q24: Do state election police forces exist to investigate and protect against voter fraud?

5 Mail-in Ballots, Ballot Drop Boxes, Voter Identification Requirements, and Early Voting

Q25: How do restrictions on voting by mail or absentee voting impact voter participation?

Q26: Are ballot drop boxes secure and fraud resistant?

Q27: What is the status of universal voter identification laws?

Q28: How commonplace is the practice of early voting, and how does it impact voter turnout?

6 Impacts of Restrictions and Conditions of Polling Places on Voting

Q29: Which states have closed polling places, and how has this suppressed the vote?

Q30: Are there longer waits and lines in urban polling stations than in small towns and suburban areas?

Q31: What disparities exist between voting resources at polling places in affluent and poor communities?

7 Maintenance of Peace and Security at Polling Places.

Q32: Are partisan poll watchers needed in elections, or do they contribute to voter suppression?

Q33: Is it permissible to station police at polling locations?

Q34: Are voters protected by law from intimidation, threats, coercion, and/or violence at the polling place?

Q35: Are election workers adequately protected from intimidation and violence?

Index

About the Author.

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Other Format:

Print version: Beckman, James A. Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement

ISBN:

9798765133705