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1. Voters With Disabilities And The 2024 Election: Know Your Rights Before You Vote!

Author

Strawbridge, Jamie

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Disability rights -- Evaluation, Business, international
Abstract

In the run-up to the 2024 election, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is again working to ensure that voters with disabilities know their rights before casting their ballot. On October 11, [...]

Published
2024

2. SYSTEM DOWN

Author

Rudin, Alex

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Women's rights -- Evaluation, Democracy -- Evaluation -- United States, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Roe v. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Abstract

'The U.S. stands at an inflection point. While we have been here many times before, for many different reasons, we currently are experiencing a sea change in ideology and, more [...]

Published
2022

3. Voting rights at UAW: Use them or lose them

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Automobile industry, Business, United Automobile Workers -- Elections
Abstract

What a waste. The UAW held what should have been its most democratic election in decades, but an overwhelming majority of the union's members couldn't be troubled to even cast [...]

Published
2022

4. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, S. 4 (117th Congress): Legal Overview

Author

Whitaker, L. Paige

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Social policy, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Government, John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2020 (Draft)
Abstract

January 10, 2022 The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, S. 4 (117th Congress), currently pending in the Senate, would primarily amend the Voting Rights Act of [...]

Published
2022

5. Can You Gerrymander Your Party to Power?

Author

Koeze, Ella, Lu, Denise, and Smart, Charlie

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Gerrymander -- Influence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Welcome to Hexapolis Gerrymandering is the intentional distortion of political districts to give one party an advantage, and it has been criticized for disenfranchising many voters and fueling deeper polarization. [...]

Published
2022

6. Florida let them vote. Then DeSantis's election police arrested them

Author

Craig, Tim and Rozsa, Lori

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Ex-convicts -- Civil rights, Elections -- Ethical aspects, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tim Craig and Lori Rozsa BELLE GLADE, Fla. - When Leo Grant Jr. cast his ballot in the 2020 election, it was the first time the 53-year-old had ever [...]

Published
2022

7. Black Leaders Question Whether Biden Will Fulfill Campaign Promises To Black Voters

Subjects
Police Brutality Protests, 2020, Suffrage -- Evaluation, African Americans -- Civil rights, General interest, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1023393344 BYLINE: JUANA SUMMERS HOST: LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO: During the 2020 election, Joe Biden promised Black voters that he would prioritize their [...]

Published
2021

8. The Right To Vote: The Impact Of Shelby County V. Holder On Voting Rights

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Suffrage -- Evaluation, General interest, County of Shelby v. Holder 133 S. Ct. 2612 (2013)
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1015754818 HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: And that case, Shelby County v. Holder, is what we're going to examine today in our series [...]

Published
2021

9. Why We Should Rethink Voting Rights From the Ground Up

Author

Ahmed, Amel

Subjects
Georgia -- Political aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Election law -- Evaluation, Discrimination -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, Political science
Abstract

It's not enough just to fight discrimination. The government needs to take affirmative steps to make voting easier. In the wake of the slow-moving but powerful blue tide that ushered [...]

Published
2021

10. Legislative versus judicial checks and balances: comparing rights policies across regimes

Author

Banfield, Andrew C. and Knoff, Rainer

Subjects
Human rights -- Evaluation, Human rights -- International aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Suffrage -- International aspects, Suffrage -- Case studies, Same-sex marriage -- Case studies, Same-sex marriage -- Evaluation, Same-sex marriage -- International aspects, Political science
Published
2009

11. The Voting Rights Act and the election of nonwhite officials

Author

Lien, Pei-te, Pinderhughes, Dianne M., Hardy-Fanta, Carol, and Sierra, Christine M.

Subjects
Legislators -- Political activity, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Presidents -- Elections, Political science, Voting Rights Act of 1965
Abstract

The opportunity that the enactment of the Voting Rights Act gave to nonwhites in the U.S. to run for elections is examined.

Published
2007

12. Would rational voters acquire costly information?

Author

Martinelli, Cesar

Subjects
Information management -- Usage, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Voting -- Economic aspects, Information accessibility, Business, Economics
Abstract

Information acquisition by voters and economic aspects associated with this are discussed.

Published
2006

13. Watchdogs or attack dogs? The role of the Russian courts and the Central Election Commission in the resolution of electoral disputes

Author

Popova, Maria

Subjects
Russia -- Elections, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Elections -- Evaluation, Electioneering, Political campaigns, International relations, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Studies reveal that the Russian courts and the Central Election Commission, in electoral registration cases where incumbent politicians have a stake, are responsive to pressure from them. Results reveal that the findings are essential to the empirical assessment of the role of the courts in hybrid regimes.

Published
2006

15. Addressing the ethical, legal, and social issues raised by voting by persons with dementia

Author

Karlawish, Jason H., Bonnie, Richard J., Appelbaum, Paul S., James, Bryan, Knopman, David, Patusky, Christopher, Kane, Rosalie A., and Karlan, Pamela S.

Subjects
Patients -- Civil rights, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Dementia
Abstract

The emerging policy problem participation in the electoral process by citizens with dementia in the United States is addressesed. It is suggested that the policies that are developed should be monitored and refined based on evidence of effectiveness.

Published
2004

17. Convergence results for unanimous voting

Author

Martinelli, Cesar

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Voting -- Laws, regulations and rules, Election law, Government regulation, Business, Economics
Abstract

A necessary condition for unanimous voting to converge to the perfect information outcome is derived when voters are imperfectly informed about the alternatives. Unanimity rule makes sense only when minority views are respected.

Published
2002

19. Suffrage triumphant

Author

Al-Qattami, Nourah

Subjects
Kuwait -- Political aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Women's issues/gender studies
Abstract

Kuwait's women won the vote and have got their first female Cabinet minister after many years of struggle. Dr. Massouma al-Mubarak, a US educated, Kuwait University political science professor and leading activist, was appointed minister of planning and minister of state for administrative development affairs.

Published
2005

20. Legal esoterica.

Author

Weissman, Gary A.

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation
Published
2004

21. How Democrats can overcome Republican voter suppression

Author

Waldman , Paul

Subjects
North Carolina -- Political aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Gerrymander -- Cases -- Forecasts and trends -- Prevention, Presidential elections (United States) -- Forecasts and trends -- 2020 AD, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Paul Waldman These have not been good times for Democrats wanting a fair shot at representation. The Supreme Court's 2012 decision to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act was the [...]

Published
2019

22. Border Patrol cancels El Paso crowd-control exercise amid concerns about voter suppression

Author

Moore, Robert

Subjects
United States. Border Patrol -- Planning, El Paso, Texas -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Border patrols -- Political aspects, Spectator control -- Planning, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Robert Moore EL PASO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection abruptedly canceled a crowd control exercise it had planned near a Hispanic neighborhood in El Paso on Tuesday [...]

Published
2018

23. Politics Wrap-Up: Pakistan's Future

Subjects
United States. Department of Justice -- Investigations, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Voter turnout -- Demographic aspects, Minorities -- Civil rights, Torture -- Investigations, Torture -- Military aspects, Pakistan -- Political aspects, Company legal issue
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16078950 FARAI CHIDEYA, host: This is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya. Before the break, we were talking about Department of Justice Voting […]

Published
2007

24. Georgia Voter ID Bill Approved

Subjects
Identification cards -- Laws, regulations and rules, Identification cards -- Social aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Discrimination -- Political aspects, Voting -- Safety and security measures, Voting -- Access control, Georgia -- Social policy, Government regulation
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14324794 FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya. Six years ago today, Islamic militants hijacked four […]

Published
2007

25. Should the Mentally Impaired Vote?

Subjects
Mentally disabled persons -- Civil rights, Mentally disabled persons -- Political activity, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Suffrage -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Elections, Presidents -- Social aspects, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11251567 MICHEL MARTIN, host: I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Later in the program, journalists under attack [...]

Published
2007

27. The road from Selma to Obama

Author

Hegland, Corine

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Presidential candidates -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Presidential candidates -- Evaluation, African Americans -- Civil rights, Government, Political science
Abstract

Veterans of the civil rights movement in the United States are debating Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's stand on African-American voting rights. The issue of voter disenfranchisement is rarely discussed during the campaign. Obama is seen to partly fulfill the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr.

Published
2008

29. This Year, a Few Weighty Cases; A slim, but significant, docket

Author

Schwartz, Emma

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Detention of persons -- Cases, Detention of persons -- Laws, regulations and rules, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Identification cards -- Social aspects, Identification cards -- Political aspects, Capital punishment -- Evaluation, Constitutions -- United States, Constitutions -- Evaluation, Military Commissions Act of 2006, United States Constitution. 8th Amendment, Guantanamo Bay -- Political aspects, Company legal issue, Government regulation
Published
2007

31. Voting rights lawsuit alleges districting violations in S.D

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Native Americans -- Civil rights, Class actions (Civil procedure), Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Government, Social sciences
Abstract

A federal lawsuit charges that the Charles Mix County, S.D., County Commission violated the voting rights of Native Americans by using election districts that are unequal in population and divide [...]

Published
2005

33. Of two minds about voting

Author

Carrington, Yolanda

Subjects
African Americans -- Civil rights, Elections -- Evaluation, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Regional focus/area studies, Social sciences
Abstract

It is reported that inspite of voting every year, the elections don't make much of a difference in everyday life. However, it is emphasized that the right to vote is central to any person in an allegedly democratic society.

Published
2002

34. Company trash is Shred-it's treasure

Author

MURPHREE, JENNIFER

Subjects
Shred-it -- Finance, Business intelligence -- Evaluation, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Business, Business, regional
Published
2000

35. Supreme Court Hears Indiana Voter ID Case

Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Democratic Party (United States) -- Domestic policy, Republican Party (United States) -- Domestic policy, Voting -- Laws, regulations and rules, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Identification cards -- Laws, regulations and rules, False personation -- Prevention, Indiana -- Domestic policy
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17970225 MICHELE NORRIS, host: Politics was the matter at hand at the Supreme Court today as well. At issue: An Indiana law requiring [...]

Published
2008

36. Florida Shifts Stance on Ex-Convicts' Civil Rights

Subjects
Florida. Department of Corrections -- Officials and employees, Ex-convicts -- Civil rights, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Florida -- Social policy, Florida -- Domestic policy
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9396745 MICHELE NORRIS, host: Felons in Florida who have done their time will now have the right to vote. The state clemency board [...]

Published
2007

37. Employees, too, want a say on the boss's pay

Author

Morgenson, Gretchen

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Executives -- Compensation and benefits, Proxy -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

FINALLY, the shareholders are stirring. Here and there this proxy season, executive pay is coming under attack from the people who actually own public companies, which is to say, stockholders. [...]

Published
2012

38. The Supreme Court's Hostility to the Voting Rights Act

Author

Cohen, Adam

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Evaluation, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Chief justices -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Abstract

It is hard to imagine an area in which Congress has more express constitutional authority to act than in protecting the right of minorities to vote. When the Civil War […]

Published
2009

39. As strike vote looms, a question: Exactly who's an actor?

Author

Fixmer, Andy

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Labor unions -- United States -- Evaluation, Actors -- Labor relations -- Membership, Actresses -- Labor relations -- Membership, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Screen Actors Guild -- Membership -- Labor relations -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: ANDY FIXMER; Bloomberg News LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood stars, burned by a writers' strike that halted films and dozens of television shows, want to prevent another shutdown by stripping [...]

Published
2008

42. Suit seeks access to voter purge list in FL

Author

Bremner, Kristen

Subjects
Florida -- Political aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Voter registration, Business, Construction and materials industries
Abstract

Florida was one of the seven US states that did not allow convicted felons vote, unless their voting rights were restored. An issue was raised since the 2000 Presidential election that focused on a list of more than 47,000 registered Florida voters who were identified as felons.

Published
2004

43. Alaska Natives mixed on Palin

Author

Lee, Jeanette J.

Subjects
Alaska -- Political aspects, Native Americans -- Political activity, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Government, Political science
Abstract

The vice-presidential candidacy of Alaska governor Sarah Palin has drawn a mixed reaction from Indian and Eskimo groups in Alaska. Earlier conflicts between Native Alaskans and Palin over tribal sovereignty, voting rights, and subsistence fishing and hunting laws are affecting their support for her candidacy.

Published
2008

44. 8 Citizen check-up

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation, Immigrants -- Evaluation, Citizenship -- Political aspects, Government
Abstract

After more than a year of trying, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use a federal database to search [...]

Published
2012

45. Not the news: in and out of the focus

Subjects
Australia -- Economic aspects, Australia -- Political aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2007

46. Know your rights

Author

Wildrick, Annabel

Subjects
Suffrage -- Evaluation
Abstract

The League of Women Voters is an organization of people who want voters to be smart about elections. They want every American voter to be informed about the issues and […]

Published
2004

48. FINANCIAL SUPERVISION : EU RISK WATCHDOG A 'CENTRAL BANKERS' CLUB'?

Subjects
Europe -- Economic aspects, Suffrage -- Evaluation, Banking industry -- Economic aspects, Banking industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

The bloc's new risk watchdog - the Frankfurt-based European Systemic Risk Board - is too reliant on national central bankers and does not make enough room for those that have [...]

Published
2011

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