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Every four years, coverage of the presidential elections turns into a horse-race story about who is leading, and who said what then. Fleischer explains the past, present, and future of American elections; how the election process actually works and why it matters; and how young people can become involved-- not just this year, but for years to come. -- adapted from back cover
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[2020]
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xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"In this concise, lively look at the past, present, and future of voting, a journalist examines the long and continuing fight for voting equality, why so few Americans today vote, and innovative ways to educate and motivate them; included are checklists of what to do before election day to prepare to vote and encourage others."
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1999
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24 p.
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Although a clear majority of Washington citizens support keeping the initiative process, there is growing frustration over several aspects. The League of Women Voters conducted a study in 1994 to assess the initiative process. This is a revised and updated look at what has happened since that study.
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2023.
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255 pages : map ; 22 cm
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"The story focuses on two characters: Mikey Ricci, a political operative who has lost faith in traditional structures following the bitter races of 2016 and 2020; and Martha Kass, the anonymous tip supervisor of the New York Times. In 2023, Ricci becomes the campaign manager of a third-party candidate who runs on a popular, centrist platform and whose frank and honest manner stands in stark contrast to the candidates of the two major parties. Ricci...
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2020.
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vii, 198 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Coinciding with the 2020 US presidential election, Drawing the Vote, an original graphic novel, looks at the history of voting rights in the United States, and how it has affected the way we vote today. Author Tommy Jenkins traces this history from the earliest steps toward democracy during the American Revolution, to the upheaval caused by the Civil War, the fight for women's suffrage, the Civil Rights movement, the election of an African American...
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2020.
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viii, 296 pages ; 22 cm
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"A radical spirit of change has overtaken American politics, making once-unthinkable reforms-like abolishing the Electoral College-seem possible. Two of the last five elections were won by candidates who lost the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire electoral system into question. Political passions are already high, and they will reach a boiling point as we enter the 2020 race. The message from the American people is clear: we need major...
7) The big lie: election chaos, political opportunism, and the state of American politics after 2020
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2022.
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"A probing and illuminating analysis of current state of American politics, focusing on Donald Trump's lie about election fraud, by the White House Bureau Chief of Politico and the host of MSNBC's Way Too Early Donald Trump first tried it out in 2016, at an August rally in Ohio. He said that perhaps he wouldn't accept the election results in his race against Hillary Clinton, that the election was "rigged." He then mentioned it at more rallies and...
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2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
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"...explains the concept of choosing, individually, and as a group, from making a simple choice: "Which do you like better, apples or oranges?", to selecting a class pet, to even more complicated decisions, like electing community representatives." -- amazon.com
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2017.
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xviii, 221 pages ; 24 cm
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From the e-mail marketing director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the co-founder of Run for Something; comes an essential and inspiring guide that encourages and educates young progressives to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives.
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"Final Battle exposes the real threat that Democrats pose to freedom. The rise of socialism and critical race theory, coupled with threats to the Electoral College and Senate, an independent judiciary, and the integrity of the electoral system, now threaten to destroy the traditions that bring Americans together -- the heart of our democracy."--
11) Voting
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2013
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48 p : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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Discusses voting, including who can vote, how a vote is cast, how votes are counted, and why voting is important.
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2008, c1979
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350 p. ; 24 cm.
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Incumbent Frosty Lockwood and former president Franklin Mallory contest the last presidential election of the century amid increasingly compromising reports of the involvement of both in the death of the Arab world's spiritual leader.
13) We can vote
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2019.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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"Introduces the reader on the process of voting"--
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2020.
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It is the Saturday after the 2016 presidential election, and in a plush weekend house in Connecticut, an intimate group of friends, New Yorkers all, has gathered to recover from what they consider the greatest political catastrophe of their lives. They have just sat down to tea when their hostess, Eva Lindquist, proposes a dare. Who among them would be willing to ask Siri how to assassinate Donald Trump? Liberal and like-minded-editors, writers, a...
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2020
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xi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"The synergy of these four factors-voter suppression, pockets of incompetence, foreign and domestic dirty tricks, and incendiary rhetoric-undermines public trust in the fairness and accuracy of American elections and creates high risks for the 2020 elections and beyond"--
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[2017]
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6 audio discs (7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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From the e-mail marketing director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the co-founder of Run for Something; comes an essential and inspiring guide that encourages and educates young progressives to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives.
18) The steal
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2022.
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vii, 300 pages ; 24 cm
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"In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states--Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin-- Trump's supporters claimed widespread voter fraud. It was not a well-orchestrated matter. There was no guiding genius pulling the strings in key states for the defeated Donald Trump. In the weeks after the election, in counties...
20) Oppo: a novel
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Peter Rena and Randi Brooks volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
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x, 320 pages ; 24 cm
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"A breathless and highly charged political thriller: the story of a senator who is offered the VP slot by both parties' presidential nominees and then gets ominous threats."--
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