Fourth assignment
Final Exam
For next time,
- Mike Madrid, The Latino Century: How America's Largest Minority Is Transforming Democracy (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2014), EXCERPTS ON CANVAS.
- Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet” http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html
Election Laws -- THE UNITED STATES RUNS ELECTIONS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A NATIONAL BALLOT.
- 50 states
- 3144 counties
- 87,693 other local governments
- 176,933 election precincts
- About 519,000 elected officials
Federal laws
- 15th Amendment -- right to vote, by race
- 19th Amendment -- women's suffrage
- 23d Amendment -- DC presidential voting
- 24th Amendment -- poll taxes
- 26th Amendment -- 18-year-old vote
- Voting Rights Act
Turnout: VAP and VEP
Districts (Lowi, 323)
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