Oregon Blue Book
Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jason Brennan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012-04-29
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0691154449
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Voting as an Ethical Issue; CHAPTER ONE: Arguments for a Duty to Vote; CHAPTER TWO: Civic Virtue without Politics; CHAPTER THREE: Wrongful Voting; CHAPTER FOUR: Deference and Abstention; CHAPTER FIVE: For the Common Good; CHAPTER SIX: Buying and Selling Votes; CHAPTER SEVEN: How Well Do Voters Behave?; AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION: How to Vote Well; Notes; References; Index. - Nothing is more integral to democracy than voting. Most people believe that every citizen has the civic duty or moral obligation to vote, that any sincere vote is morally acceptable, and that buying, selling, or trading votes is inherently wrong. In this provocative book, Jason Brennan challenges our fundamental assumptions about voting, revealing why it is not a duty for most citizens--in fact, he argues, many people owe it to the rest of us not to vote. Bad choices at the polls can result in unjust laws, needless wars, and calamitous economic policies. Brennan shows why voters have duties to.
Author: Eileen Christelow
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
Published: 2018-09
Total Pages: 53
ISBN-13: 1328499227
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"It's hard to imagine a more accessible introduction to voting" than Eileen Christelow's hilariously illustrated Vote!, now updated for the 2018 midterm elections. (Booklist, starred review) *"It's hard to imagine a more accessible introduction to voting." --Booklist, starred review "Explains the whys and wherefores of the voting process . . . and why it all matters." --Washington Post An ALA Notable Children's Book An IRA-CBC Children's Choice Eileen Christelow'sVote! has everything you need to know about voting and how our democracy works--parties, voter registration, campaigns, rallies, debates, Election Day, even recounts! Topics are presented in a clear, kid-friendly graphic format as the story of a local election unfolds, with hilarious commentary by the candidates' pets. Includes updated back matter for the 2018 midterm election.
Author: John C. Fortier
Publisher: A E I Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 124
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Absentee and Early Voting: Trends, Promises, and Perils, John Fortier documents the dramatic increase in absentee voting and, more recently, the meteoric rise in early voting. He examines the legal and historical reasons for changes in the voting system and the many differe...
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Publisher: Nova Publishers
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781604565874
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book focuses on obtaining more detailed information about bilingual voting assistance from selected jurisdictions across the country. The book's objectives were to determine: the ways that selected jurisdictions covered under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act have provided bilingual voting assistance as of the November 2006 general election and any subsequent elections through June 2007, and the challenges they reportedly faced in providing such assistance; the perceived usefulness of this bilingual voting assistance, and the extent to which the selected jurisdictions evaluated the usefulness of such assistance to language minority voters. This is an excerpted and indexed edition.
Author: Joshua A. Douglas
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1633885100
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"An expert on US election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective"--
Author: Martin P. Wattenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-10-30
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1317347021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book focuses on the root causes of the generation gap in voter turnout—changes in media consumption habits over time. It lays out an argument as to why young people have been tuning out politics in recent years, both in the United States and in other established democracies.
Author: Laughlin McDonald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-03-27
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780521011792
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Author: Abigail M. Thernstrom
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780674951952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A Twentieth Century Fund study."Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [257]-302.