Through primary sources, this volume examines the history,
evolution, and major contemporary controversies associated with
voting rights in the United States, devoting particular attention
to demographic groups including women, young people, people of
color, and poor people. Voting is often described as the central
pillar of American democracy. Yet at various points in the history
of the United States, the franchise was kept away from people
without landholdings, women, black people, and young members of the
armed forces who were nonetheless deemed old enough to risk their
lives in the defense of their nation. Even today, many observers
contend that the right to vote is being eroded by a pernicious
combination of political and social factors. This work uses primary
sources, in concert with broad, context-setting historical
overviews and an illuminating introduction to each document, to
examine the full scope and importance of the struggle for voting
rights in America. Coverage ranges from major historical landmarks
such as women's suffrage, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the
heavily contested Bush-Gore presidential election of 2000 to
documents that examine current controversies about alleged voter
suppression, claims of voter fraud, Russian interference in
American elections, and the impact of Supreme Court decisions past
and present on the constitutional right to vote. Includes essential
and illuminating primary sources on the past, present, and future
of voting in America Reflects the perspectives of activists,
journalists, and ordinary Americans as well as presidents,
senators, and Supreme Court justices Provides context for
understanding the impact of each featured document in informative
headnotes Offers authoritative overviews of historical eras in
which major changes to voting took place
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