The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Election Reform: Going Anywhere? By Wendy S. Johnson Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 p. 3 The thirty-five days following the 2000 presidential election stunned a watchful and anxious nation as we learned about the severe ineptness and unreadiness of an
The Mockery of Democracy By René Redwood and Bernie Horn Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 4-5 As summer turn to autumn, so why should you care about hanging chads and butterfly ballots? Why should you care whether or not
Budget Woes and Partisan Politics Block Election Reform By Lisa Rab Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 6-13 Despite the initial scramble to introduce legislation responding to the election chaos in Florida, very few Southern states passed comprehensive election reform
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A Closer Look: The Florida and Georgia Experiences By Catherine Wall Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 14-17 The 2001 state legislative sessions witnessed very little progress towards comprehensive election reform. Only two southern states–Florida and Georgia–passed meaningful legislation to
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Felon Disfranchisement Bars Many from Voting By Lisa Rab Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 22-25 More than 200,000 people could not vote in Florida’s presidential election last year because of laws barring ex-felons from voting. Similar laws across the
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Many Birminghams: Taking Segregationists Seriously Reviewed by David J. Garrow Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 26-32 REVIEWS Diane McWhorter, Carry Me Home, Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution, New York, Simon & Schuster, 2001. Charles
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Remembering and Forgetting Reviewed by Bland Whitley Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 32-34 David W. Bright, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory. Boston, Harvard University Press, 2001 As recent debates over the continued use of the