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The Department of Justice: Enforcing the Voting Rights Act By Anita Hodgkiss Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 pp. 11-12 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has the authority to take steps to protect voting rights when election district lines are
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Fighting the “New” Disfranchisement with a New Voting Rights Movement By Ellen Spears Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 p. 14 The raft of disfranchising mechanisms, old and new, that served to delegitimize the 2000 presidential election place the need for
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Racial Discrimination in Florida: Election 2000 Staff Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 pp. 15-16 Testimony about racial discrimination in the Florida elections was received at a hearing sponsord by the NAACP on November 11. Following is one personal story from
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Voting Rights and the New Majorities By Angelo Ancheta Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 pp. 17-18 The passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act helped reshape the American electorate and led to dramatic increases in the number of elected officials
Why Don’t Youth Vote? Young People Respond Staff Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 pp. 18-19 The following comments were excerpted from the Center for Voting and Democracy’s Spring 2000 youth essay contest which asked college and high school students to
Fair Policies through Effective Redistricting By Mike Sayer Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 p. 20 In 1992, a three-judge federal court in Mississippi approved a legislative redistricting plan that, in the court’s words, created the “maximum number of electable black
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The Power of Grassroots Organizing By Mike Sayer Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 p. 21 When people work together, they build their capacity to make things happen or not happen. They build power. The capacity to impact public policy is
Winning Fair Representation with Alternative Voting Systems By Rob Richie Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 pp. 22-24 Experts suggest that some 95 percent of black representation in the next decade will be won or lost in the upcoming redistricting. Without
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Changing Census, Changing America By Edward Still Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 pp. 24-26 Every census is different from the last, but there are some big changes in store with Census 2000. Beginning in early March 2001, the Bureau will
SRC Launches Nation’s First Online Redistricting Service By Angela Lee Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 pp. 27-28 In the past, one of the chief obstacles used to exclude minorities from participation in the redistricting process has been the obstruction from
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