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Voter Registration Day: September 19, 2023

In celebration of Voter Registration Day, this book list highlights adult books and documents about voter registration, its importance to citizen participation, and more.

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13 items

  • Voting Rights in America

    Primary Documents in Context

    Professor of political science and contributor to the Election Center Certified Elections/Registration Administrator (CERA) program, Bridgett King provides us with a comprehensive examination of the primary documents on voting rights in the United…
    Book, 2020Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020] — 342.7307 V9419
  • Thank You for Voting

    the Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth About Voting in America

    Smith, Erin Geiger,
    Journalist Erin Geiger Smith provides us with not only an engaging overview of the past, present, and future of voting in the United States but also a thoughtful examination of the continuing fight for voting equality, why so few Americans vote…
    eBook, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — EBOOK BOUNDLESS
  • Get Out the Vote

    How to Increase Voter Turnout

    Green, Donald P., 1961-
    Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber present us with the data culled from surveys and studies on voting to give us fact-based and insightful discussion on the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of various campaign tactics, including door-to-door…
    Book, 2015Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2015] — 324.7097 G8214g 2015
  • New Faces, New Voices

    the Hispanic Electorate in America

    Abrajano, Marisa, 1977-
    Marisa Abrajano and R. Michael Alvarez provide a unique and nuanced perspective on the Hispanic electoral population in the United States which is essential for understanding and appreciating the political characteristics of this large and fast…
    eBook, 2010[United States] : Princeton University Press, 2010. — EBOOK HOOPLA
  • Editor and on-air political commentator, Morgan Felchner provides us with a most comprehensive and authoritative account of all aspects of voting in America. An excellent reference source to consult.
    Book, 2008Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008. — 324.6097 V9418
  • Editors, Mitchell Brown, Kathleen Hale and Bridgett A. King have brought together the perspectives of today's most forward-thinking practitioners and experts of policy, advocacy, and research about the importance of particular election practices,…
    eBook, 2019[United States] : Springer International Publishing pringer International Publishing, 2019. — EBOOK HOOPLA
  • Mobilizing Inclusion

    Transforming the Electorate Through Get-out-the-vote Campaigns

    García Bedolla, Lisa, 1969-
    Professors Lisa Garca Bedolla and Melissa R. Michelson present a new theoretical framework, the Social Cognition Model of voting, based on an individual's sense of civic identity to better understand the effectiveness of get-out-the-vote campaigns.…
    Book, 2012New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012. — 324.7 G1651m
  • Absentee and Early Voting

    Trends, Promises, and Perils

    Fortier, John C.
    Research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, John Fortier documents the dramatic increase in absentee voting and, more recently, the meteoric rise in early voting. He examines the legal and historical reasons for these changes in the voting…
    Book, 2006Washington, DC : AEI Press, 2006. — 324.65 F7765a
  • Garrett Sam provides an informative overview of absentee voting for United States citizens serving in the military and those living abroad. Sam gives an informed and updated guide to transnational voting and citizen participation abroad.
    eBook, 2020–[Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, 2020-
  • The National Council on Disability provides information on how to implement voter registration through state vocational rehabilitation agencies for disabled citizens. It discusses how the National Voter Registration Act brings equal access to voter…
    eBook, 1999Washington, D.C. : National Council on Disability, 1999.
  • Expanding California's Electorate

    Will Recent Reforms Increase Voter Turnout?

    McGhee, Eric
    Eric McGhee examines the voter registration and voting reforms in California. McGhee provides a thoughtful analysis of how these reforms have helped to increase voter turnout as well as voter engagement in the state.
    Book, 2014San Francisco, CA : Public Policy Institute of California, 2014. — 324.6097 M173e
  • American Voter Turnout

    An Institutional Perspective

    Hill, David Lee
    David Hill looks at the issue of low voter turnout by examining the institutional arrangements that govern and structure participation, representation and actual governance in the United States which create an environment that discourages widespread…
    Book, 2006Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2006. — 324.973 H5512a
  • Who Votes Now?

    Demographics, Issues, Inequality and Turnout in the United States

    Leighley, Jan E., 1960-
    Jan Leighley and Jonathan Nagler present us with a comparative study of the demographic characteristics and political views of voters and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral reforms and the choices…
    Book, 2014Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014] — 324.973 L5334w