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ENG 151/152 Controversial Issues: Voting Issues

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DVDs

Slacker Uprising by Michael Moore
Call Number: JK1764 .S5445 2007 DVD
Also available for free download on website:
https://michaelmoore.com/movies/slacker-uprising/

SUMMARY: Award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore conducted a "Slacker Uprising Tour," a 62-city tour of the swing states during the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. Moore's goal was to convince millions of non-voting "slackers" -- mostly between the ages of 18 - 29 -- to give voting a try. The free downloadable video is "the first major feature-length film by a noted director to debut for free via the internet," which Moore says he is doing as a gift for "fans" in honor of the 20th anniversary of his first film, "Roger & Me."

Primaries: Defining the Battle in New Hampshire
Call Number: JK 2075.N42 P75 2004 DVD
Koch Brothers Exposed
Call Number: JK 2249.K634 2012 DVD

Books on Voting and Politics

Absentee and Early Voting by John C. Fortier
Call Number: JK 1873.F67 2006 Stacks
Federal Elections by Debra A. Miller (Editor)
Call Number: JK 1976.F43 2010 Stacks
Campaign and Election Reform by Glenn H. Utter; Ruth Ann Strickland
Call Number: JK1976 .U88 2008 Stacks
Securing Democracy by Gary L. Gregg; Mitch McConnell (Introduction by)
Call Number: JK1976 .S43 2001
Where Have All the Voters Gone? by Martin P. Wattenberg
Call Number: JK1976 .W38 2002 Stacks
Why Don't Americans Vote? by Bridgett A. King (Editor); Kathleen Hale (Editor)
Call Number: JK1976 .K56 2016 Stacks
The Politics of Voter Suppression by Tova Andrea Wang; Janice Nittoli (Foreword by)
Call Number: JK 1976.W36 2012 Stacks
Conventional Wisdom and American Elections by Jody C. Baumgartner; Peter L. Francia
Call Number: JK1976 .B34 2008 Stacks
Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman
Call Number: JK1846 .B47 2015 Stacks
ISBN: 9780374158279
Bending Toward Justice by Gary May
Call Number: KF4893 .M39 2013 Stacks
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Laurie Collier Hillstrom
Call Number: JK1924 .H55 2009 Stacks
Counting Votes by Robert P. Watson (Editor)
Call Number: JK1976 .C645 2004 Stacks
Points of View by Robert E. DiClerico; Alan S. Hammock
Call Number: JK21 .P59 2009 Stacks
Mosh the Polls by Tony Kelso (Editor); Aaron Teeter (Contribution by); Laura Tropp (Contribution by); Brian Cogan (Contribution by, Editor); Brandy Chappell (Contribution by); Marco Calavita (Contribution by); Xiaoxiao Cao (Contribution by); Michael S. Grabowski (Contribution by); Robert J. Klotz (Contribution by); Marc Leverette (Contribution by); Shawn McIntosh (Contribution by)
Call Number: HQ799.2 .P6 M66 2008 Stacks

Rock the Vote in Illinois

Campus Vote Project

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