voting

Describes voting in the United States, covering voting requirements, election day, how the president is selected, statistics, and more.

Friendships are tested when the students at East High School are given the opportunity to decide whether to use the school's limited funds to renovate the gymnasium or the auditorium.

Helps young readers learn about democracy and its history and provides information on how elections work and what happens on election day.

"What is the Electoral College, and do the American people really need it? Should the popular vote determine the winnerin any given presidential election? This anthology examines the origin and purpose of the Electoral College and offers balanced arguments for and against its use in the general election process. Readers will see how the Electoral Collegeand popular vote can function harmoniously together, as wellas examples supporting the viewpoint that the system has broken down and doesn't reflect the popular will"--OCLC.

Readers are exposed to the different points of view about this hot-button topic, and they learn to develop their own viewpoint about the democratic process and to back it up with relevant facts.

Provides young readers with historical background and current information on one of the most important civic duties of their adult lives--voting.

A collection of fifteen essays that explore various issues related to gerrymandering which is the practice of redrawing district boundaries to help those up for election.

In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork Nation, a refreshing, sometimes startling, look at how America's diversities often defy conventional wisdom.

In recent years more than two dozen states have purged voter rolls, closed polls in certain areas, and introduced strict voter ID laws which have the impacted voting rights of young people, the elderly, and minorities. This book helps teen readers understand what the issues are, how they have come about, what actions are being taken to address the concerns, and why some of those actions are controversial.

The Right to Vote examines how voting rights have evolved throughout the history of the United States. This title looks at the reasons behind limiting the right to vote, the suffrage movements of various groups, and current debates surrounding voting issues in the country.