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Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

Part of the Elections, Voting, Technology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-30171-0

ISBN: 978-1-137-30170-3

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Apr 18, 2016

1 - 10 of 10 Chapters

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Introduction

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 1 –13

[In the United States today, if one asked the person on the street what the central meaning of citizenship is, many might respond it is the right to vote. This is a concept that starts rather early in our life—look, for example, at the US government website about the basics of government for...
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Institutions and the Norms That Help Maintain Stability

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 15 –27

[Usually when there is an election, local and state newspapers also have an editorial encouraging citizens to vote. One does not always receive a tangible reward for voting, but reporter Tina Reed wrote in the Annapolis, Maryland newspaper, The Capital: “A ballot-full of businesses want to...
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The Multiple Laboratories of Democracy

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 29 –44

[Notice that in South Carolina, one cannot buy alcohol on Election Day. South Carolina’s General Statutes make it clear:]
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The Federal Part of the Institution

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 45 –63

[When a typical US citizen considers “election monitors,” he or she might consider a team of US observers traveling to other countries, such as Kenya when it held its 2013 national election. In Kenya, according to the Carter Center, “[t]he country has a longstanding history of ethnic-fueled...
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Acquiring Voting Rights

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 65 –83

[In the summer of 2013, the US Supreme Court changed the course of electoral history by striking down Section 4b of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). This part of the federal VRA defined jurisdictions that had a history of voting discrimination against minority populations. In effect, before the...
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Exercising the Right to Vote

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 85 –96

[One of the newest methods of mobilizing citizens to the polls appears to be “vote shaming.” An example is from the former editor of an online newsletter for election scholars and election administrators across the country. “In his mailbox was an official-looking document detailing his voting...
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Finding the Time and Place to Vote

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 97 –110

[Early voting—or allowing voters to vote in person before Election Day—has been allowed formally at least since 1988.1 The idea behind early voting was that if voting times were more convenient, it would reduce the opportunity costs of voting. In other words, potential voters would not have to...
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Counting the Votes

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 111 –130

[There are a number of instances where election scholars might simply say: “You just can’t make this stuff up.” Indeed, consider this real newspaper story about counting votes in a local election reported by Zachary K. Johnson in The Stockton (CA) Record:At the election office on Wednesday, two...
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Choosing Voters: Redistricting and Re-Apportionment

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 131 –142

[If there is any electoral institution in the United States where the rules affect outcomes, it is in redistricting and reapportionment, yet it is one of the least understood parts of the electoral institution. The formal rules created in every state in the nation (each of the 50 states create...
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Implications of Institutionalism for Democracy

Kropf, Martha E.

Pages: 143 –149

[The various works of Elinor Ostrom have many complexities, but the fundamentals of the framework and theory are not difficult to comprehend. A key part? Knowing the rules of the game makes a big difference. Scholars Larry Kiser and Ostrom write (2000):Individuals cannot play a game without...

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