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In contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Professor Joshua A. Douglas, an expert on our electoral system, examines these encouraging developments in this inspiring book about how regular Americans are working to take back their democracy, one community at a time.

Today's political pundits express shock and disappointment when candidates resort to negative campaigning. But history reveals that smear campaigns are as American as apple pie. Anything for a Vote is a look at 200-plus years of dirty tricks and bad behavior in presidential elections, from George Washington to Barack Obama and John McCain. Let the name-calling begin!

Politics as usual - isn't anymore. Tear up what you know or think you know about politics. It's all changing. Today, information, opinion, and raw data abound on the Internet, unfiltered and unvarnished by press secretaries, reporters or spin doctors. The Internet has sent the information revolution into reverse, letting us talk back to our political leaders, and the result is a cultural revolution.

In One Vote Away, you will discover how often the high court decisions that affect your life have been decided by just one vote. One vote preserves your right to speak freely, to bear arms, and to exercise your faith. One vote will determine whether your children enjoy their full inheritance as American citizens.

New Hampshire-a small state with a small, distinct population-is nevertheless the beacon of American democracy. Since 1920, its residents have been the first in the nation to cast their votes in the presidential primaries. History has shown that if you want to be commander in chief, you have to...

We do just about everything on our phones, and yet we still can't use them to vote. But the technology exists, provides enhanced security over traditional paper ballots, and it could exponentially increase voter turnout.

America's political leaders have considered suffrage not a natural right but a privilege restricted by wealth, sex, race, residence, literacy, criminal conviction, and citizenship. Today, voter identification laws, political gerrymandering, registration requirements, felon disenfranchisement, and voter purges deny many millions of citizens the opportunity to express their views at the ballot box. We cannot blame the founders alone for America's embattled vote. Best-selling author Allan Lichtman notes that subsequent generations have failed to establish suffrage as a universal right.

In her New York Times best seller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice.

"Vote as If It Matters" is from the September 19, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

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"Officials Fight Trump’s Claims of a Rigged Vote" is from the October 16, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Senate Votes for Women to Register for Draft" is from the June 14, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jennifer Steinhauer and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Frontrunners Win Votes, Not Hearts"is from the March 16, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Barbaro and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"'Brexit' Vote Stokes Fear on the Rock" is from the May 6, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Raphael Minder and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Count Those Votes! Again!" is from the November 30, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Gail Collins and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"How to Vote as an Immigrant and a Citizen" is from the October 19, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Imbolo Mbue and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Brexit Vote Already Has a Winner: The Gambling Industry" is from the June 22, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter S. Goodman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"5 Reasons to Vote Trump" is from the October 02, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Nicholas Kristof and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"I Registered to Vote ... For This?" is from the October 30, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Emma Roller and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Vote to Impeach President Rousseff in Brazil Is Annulled" is from the May 09, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Simon Romero and narrated by Fleet Cooper.