Book 2018

The Embattled Vote in America

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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 2018

Suffrage
New York Times reviewed
United states, history
Election law
Democracy
Civil rights
History

Americans have died for the right to vote. Yet our democratic system guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. Allan Lichtman calls attention to the founders' greatest error--leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states--and explains why it has triggered an unending struggle over voting rights.--