The Hidden History of the War on Voting : Who Stole Your Vote--And How to Get It Back.
Hartmann, Thom.
The Hidden History of the War on Voting : Who Stole Your Vote--And How to Get It Back. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series ; v.3 . - The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Heartbeat of Democracy -- Control the Vote, Control the Country -- Part One: The Hidden History of the Vote in America -- Power to the South: There The-Fifths Compromise -- The Racist Legacy of a Constitutional Compromise -- The Founders Feared a Trump-like President-Which Is Why They Established the Electoral College -- The Electoral College and Slavery -- The Unique Struggles of Women and Native Americans to Vote -- The Generational Fight for Women's Suffrage -- Silencing and Suppressing Native Voices -- Madison's Warning -- Part Two: The Economic Royalists' Modern War on Voting -- Why Racists Don't Want Everyone to Vote -- The Racist Backlash to Brown v. Board -- Conservative Excuses for Preventing Everyone from Voting -- The Billionaires' Trick to Keep Everyone from Voting -- Buying Politicians, Selling Lies, and Suppressing the Vote -- The Rise of Social Issues -- Promoting New(t)speak -- The Day the Music Died -- A New War on the Vote -- Is Voting a Right? Should It Be? -- Numbers, Not Voters -- Stacey Abrams Was Robbed -- Exit Polling around the World -- Exit Polls in the US and Red Shift Explained -- Voting Machines, Hacking, and Red Shift -- Privatizing the Vote with Voting Machines -- Suppressing the Vote with Provisional Ballots -- Diluting the Vote with Gerrymandering -- Depressing the Vote with Money in Politics -- The Beginnings of a Myth: Voting Fraud -- Voting Fraud: From Myth to Dogma -- Kris Kobach: The Voting Fraud Myth Becomes a Mission -- Interstate Crosscheck and the Election Integrity Scam -- Part Three: Solutions -- The GOP's Grand Stand against Voting and Democracy -- Republicans Oppose "For the People Act of 2019" -- Automatic Voter Registration -- Restore the Vote for Returning Citizens -- End Voter Caging. Make Election Day a National Holiday -- Vote by Mail -- Extend Early Voting -- Paper Ballots or Paper Receipts -- Stopping Politicians from Choosing Their Own Voters -- The Electoral College and a National Popular Vote -- Voting Systems Shape Elections: Getting beyond Two Parties -- Compulsory Voting -- DC and Puerto Rico Statehood, Splitting Up Big States -- Get Out There, Get Active -- Finally -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- About the Author.
9781523087792
Electronic books.
The Hidden History of the War on Voting : Who Stole Your Vote--And How to Get It Back. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series ; v.3 . - The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Heartbeat of Democracy -- Control the Vote, Control the Country -- Part One: The Hidden History of the Vote in America -- Power to the South: There The-Fifths Compromise -- The Racist Legacy of a Constitutional Compromise -- The Founders Feared a Trump-like President-Which Is Why They Established the Electoral College -- The Electoral College and Slavery -- The Unique Struggles of Women and Native Americans to Vote -- The Generational Fight for Women's Suffrage -- Silencing and Suppressing Native Voices -- Madison's Warning -- Part Two: The Economic Royalists' Modern War on Voting -- Why Racists Don't Want Everyone to Vote -- The Racist Backlash to Brown v. Board -- Conservative Excuses for Preventing Everyone from Voting -- The Billionaires' Trick to Keep Everyone from Voting -- Buying Politicians, Selling Lies, and Suppressing the Vote -- The Rise of Social Issues -- Promoting New(t)speak -- The Day the Music Died -- A New War on the Vote -- Is Voting a Right? Should It Be? -- Numbers, Not Voters -- Stacey Abrams Was Robbed -- Exit Polling around the World -- Exit Polls in the US and Red Shift Explained -- Voting Machines, Hacking, and Red Shift -- Privatizing the Vote with Voting Machines -- Suppressing the Vote with Provisional Ballots -- Diluting the Vote with Gerrymandering -- Depressing the Vote with Money in Politics -- The Beginnings of a Myth: Voting Fraud -- Voting Fraud: From Myth to Dogma -- Kris Kobach: The Voting Fraud Myth Becomes a Mission -- Interstate Crosscheck and the Election Integrity Scam -- Part Three: Solutions -- The GOP's Grand Stand against Voting and Democracy -- Republicans Oppose "For the People Act of 2019" -- Automatic Voter Registration -- Restore the Vote for Returning Citizens -- End Voter Caging. Make Election Day a National Holiday -- Vote by Mail -- Extend Early Voting -- Paper Ballots or Paper Receipts -- Stopping Politicians from Choosing Their Own Voters -- The Electoral College and a National Popular Vote -- Voting Systems Shape Elections: Getting beyond Two Parties -- Compulsory Voting -- DC and Puerto Rico Statehood, Splitting Up Big States -- Get Out There, Get Active -- Finally -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- About the Author.
9781523087792
Electronic books.