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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : LOC:00101628565
Author : John V. Sullivan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PURD:32754073527669
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Representative government and representation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117938501
Author : United States. Congress,United States Senate,Committee on Governmental Affairs
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983631825
Voting representation in Congress for citizens of the District of Columbia : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, May 23, 2002.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063346501
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PSU:000065512500
Author : Garrine P. Laney
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 1590336712
By passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Congress challenged the widespread evidence of disfranchisement of black citizens in certain southern states. This Act protects citizens' right to vote by forbidding covered states from using any tests that would determine eligibility to vote, by requiring these states to obtain federal approval before enacting any election laws and by assigning federal officials to monitor the registration process in certain localities. In 1970, Congress extended the Voting Rights Act for an additional 5 years and its coverage to other jurisdictions when evidence presented at congressional hearings revealed continued racial discrimination in voting. Throughout the next three decades, further legislation was added to the Act, to more wholly protect the individual citizen of this country. This book delves into the history of the Voting Rights Act as well as the current challenges and issues that face Congress. Contents: Introduction; The Voting Rights Act of 1965; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1970; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1975; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1982; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1992; Current Major Provisions of the Act; Presiden
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Constitutional amendments
ISBN : LOC:00023577653
Author : Bernard Grofman,Lisa Handley,Richard G. Niemi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0521477646
With the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the right of minorities to register and vote was largely secured. It was soon discovered, however, that minority voting did not guarantee the election of minorities or minority-preferred candidates. Indeed, efforts by states and localities in the second half of the 1960s were aimed at denying any substantial minority representation to go along with the ability to cast ballots. Eventually congressional amendments to the Act along with the Supreme Court opinion in Thornburg v. Gingles (1986) have led to efforts to eliminate electoral laws that have the effect of diluting the minority vote, whether or not they were enacted with discriminatory intent. Controversy still surrounds the matter of minority representation, however, because of the ambiguity of certain aspects of the law and because of problems in applying it to the largely single-member district context of the 1990s. This book is the most up-to-date treatment of voting rights law and the numerous controversies surrounding minority representation. The authors have extensive, firsthand experience in both the legal battles and the scholarly examination of these issues. Based on this wealth of experience, they describe the development of the law after 1965, discuss in detail the prevailing Supreme Court interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, and examine discrepancies in federal court interpretations of subsequent actions. They also introduce the reader to technical procedures for establishing standards of representation and measuring discrimination. In the final two chapters, they consider the application of voting rights law to districting in the 1990s along with the implications of recent developments for the future of representation in America.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : District of Columbia
ISBN : LOC:00183852462
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210026473015
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Washington (D.C.)
ISBN : LOC:00139296758
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Presidents
ISBN : LOC:00184239735
Author : Abdul Karim Bangura
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780595209125
This book is an outgrowth of a special seminar on Pressure Groups conducted in the Department of Political Science at Howard University during the fall of 2000. The major focus of the seminar was on DC Vote. The chapters in this book are revised versions of the papers that were presented at the seminar. Since the chapters employ an interest-group perspective to investigate various aspects of DC Vote¡_s efforts to influence decision-makers at all branches of government and throughout the United States, the book is a valuable tool for instructors and students in most areas of American Government and Politics, especially National Government, State and Local Government, Interest Group Politics, Public Administration, and Political Behavior.
Author : Christian R. Grose
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139497367
The symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question. But beyond symbolism, does the election of African-American politicians matter? Grose argues that it does and presents a unified theory of representation. Electing African-American legislators yields more federal dollars and congressional attention directed toward African-American voters. However, race and affirmative action gerrymandering have no impact on public policy passed in Congress. Grose is the first to examine a natural experiment and exceptional moment in history in which black legislators – especially in the U.S. South – represented districts with a majority of white constituents. This is the first systematic examination of the effect of a legislator's race above and beyond the effect of constituency racial characteristics. Grose offers policy prescriptions, including the suggestion that voting rights advocates, the courts, and redistricters draw 'black decisive districts', electorally competitive districts that are likely to elect African Americans.