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Voting machines standardization : report to the 1987 General Assembly of North Carolina / by North Carolina.General Assembly.Legislative Research Commission.(CARDINAL)143756;
Subjects: Voting-machines;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Down for the count : dirty elections and the rotten history of democracy in America / by Gumbel, Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)363295;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : "everything is a violation" -- The antidemocratic tradition and the new right -- Slavery and the system -- Patronage, liquor, and graft : the ascent of machine politics -- The theft of the century -- The 1896 watershed and the paradox of reform -- The long agony of the disenfranchised South -- Chicago : the other kind of mob rule -- The fallacy of the technological fix -- Democracy's frangible connections : Florida 2000 -- Miracle cure -- Election 2004 : the shape of things to come -- The 3 percent solution -- Pope and Abbott : the new religion of buying and suppressing votes -- The super-rich and the democratic future."Down for the Count explores in an accessible, engaging style the tawdry continuing history of votes bought, stolen, suppressed, lost, miscounted, thrown into rivers, and litigated up to the Supreme Court in the world's most powerful democracy. First published to great acclaim and controversy in 2005 as Steal this Vote, this thoroughly revised edition lifts the lid off the largely undiscussed corruption at the core of our democracy-elections so poorly regulated and administered they fall short of standards the United States routinely imposes on emerging democracies. The problem has only grown worse in the last decade, as campaign spending has gone hog wild, partisan battles rage over voter ID, and a key provision of the Voting Rights Act has been shredded. As award-winning journalist Andrew Gumbel shows, we need proper oversight and regulation of elections, reliable voting machines, and a keener understanding of where private interests infringe on the public good. Now that Citizens United, super PACs, and the Koch brothers have turned the electoral process into an increasingly squalid lottery for billionaires, there is no better time for Gumbel's revision of his acclaimed book"--
Subjects: Elections; Voting-machines;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Election manipulation : is America's voting system secure? / by Allen, John,1957-author.(CARDINAL)460247; ReferencePoint Press.(CARDINAL)832780;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Hacking into campaign networks -- Spreading fake news on social media -- Tampering with voter databases -- Interfering with the voting process -- The future for election security."In a democracy that prides itself on free and fair elections, it is vital that American citizens not lose faith in the integrity of the election. Experts say federal and state governments must approach the threat of election interference with more urgency. Better communication is needed to warn campaigns and election officials when hacking is detected. Social media companies must take steps to eliminate fake news and deceptive ads. More money must be spent to shore up the nation's voting system"--Grades 10-12Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Communication in politics; Social media; Hacktivism; Elections; Electronic voting; Voting-machines; Elections; Political corruption; Social media.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Why vote? [videorecording] : a right & a responsibility / by Martin, Michael.(CARDINAL)389081; McKowen, James A.(CARDINAL)215372; Riviera, Cheekie.(CARDINAL)215373; Cambridge Educational (Firm)(CARDINAL)218431;
Executive producer, E. Ty Gardner ; camera, Kyle Boyd, Greg Harpold ; editors, Kevin Rhoades, Greg Harpold ; producer/director, Greg Harpold ; writer, James A. McKowen.Host and narrator, Cheekie Riviera.Michael Martin (Uncle Sam).Answers many questions young people or first-time voters have about voting and their role in the political process. Begins with a short history of voting and a discussion of why it is important to vote. Shows how the right to vote has been fought for throughout history, and why the struggle for universal suffrage has been so long and hard. Examples of close elections illustrate how history would have been changed if these elections had different results. Includes registering to vote, precincts, absentee voting, voting machines, write-in votes and an overview of the various kinds of elections (local, state, and national; primary and general; referendums; bond issues; constitutional amendments). Shows how to take a thorough and critical look at candidates and their positions, their experience, their campaign platforms and other factors.Teens to adults.VHS.
Subjects: Voting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bad company : private equity and the death of the American dream / by Greenwell, Megan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-278) and index."Private equity runs our country, yet few Americans have any idea how ingrained it is in their lives. Private equity controls our hospitals, daycare centers, supermarket chains, voting machine manufacturers, local newspapers, nursing home operators, fertility clinics, and prisons. The industry even manages highways, municipal water systems, fire departments, emergency medical services, and owns a growing swath of commercial and residential real estate. Private equity executives, meanwhile, are not only among the wealthiest people in American society, but have grown to become modern-day barons with outsized influence on our politics and legislation. CEOs of firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR, and Apollo are rewarded with seats in the Senate and on the boards of the country's most august institutions; meanwhile, entire communities are hollowed out as a result of their buyouts. Workers lose their jobs. Communities lose their institutions. Only private equity wins. Acclaimed journalist Megan Greenwell's Bad Company unearths the hidden story of private equity by examining the lives of four American workers that were devastated as private equity upended their employers and communities: a Toys R Us floor supervisor, a rural doctor, a local newspaper journalist, and an affordable housing organizer. Taken together, their individual experiences also pull back the curtain on a much larger project: how private equity reshaped the American economy to serve its own interests, creating a new class of billionaires while stripping ordinary people of their livelihoods, their health care, their homes, and their sense of security"--
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Private equity; Venture capital; Finance; Investments; Income distribution;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 18
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Vote for US : how to take back our elections and change the future of voting / by Douglas, Joshua A.,author.(CARDINAL)802389;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-339) and index.The tale of a 16-year-old voter -- Second chances -- What do taco trucks have to do with voter registration? -- How voting can be as easy as food shopping -- All for one and one for all: voting machine edition -- This former Miss Wisconsin may save your vote -- Forget about the lesser of two evils -- Overthrowing the government...peacefully -- The secret sauce of democracy -- Class is in session -- How to combat "fake news" -- The perils of only playing defense."An expert on US election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective"--
Subjects: Elections; Politics, Practical; Voting;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Who's counting? : how fraudsters and bureaucrats put your vote at risk / by Fund, John H.,1957-(CARDINAL)205981; Von Spakovsky, Hans.(CARDINAL)400842;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A crisis of voting confidence -- What voter fraud? -- The battle over voter ID and the myth of the disenfranchised voter -- Shooting the messenger: truth-tellers Artur Davis and Harold Metts -- The problem of noncitizen voting -- Absentee ballots, the "tool of choice" of vote thieves -- Holder's Justice Department -- Tennessee two-step fraud -- The anti-federalist national popular vote scheme, the vote stealer's dream come true -- How a machine steals an entire town -- Voter fraud cinema verité -- America's military heores, the real disenfranchised -- What is to be done?.
Subjects: Elections; Political corruption;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Touch and go [sound recording] a memoir / by Terkel, Studs,1912-;
At nearly 95, Studs Terkel has written about everyone's life, it seems, but his own. Here he offers a memoir which--embodying the spirit of the man himself--is youthful and vivacious. Terkel begins by taking us back to his childhood, describing the hectic life of a family trying to earn a living in Chicago. He then goes on to his experiences--as a poll watcher charged with stealing votes for the Democratic machine, as a young theatergoer, and eventually as an actor himself in both radio and on the stage--giving us a portrait of the Chicago of the 1920s and 1930s. He tells of his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War II and as an interviewer and oral historian--a craft he would come to perfect. Finally, he discusses his involvement with progressive politics, leading to his travails during the McCarthy period when he was blacklisted.--From publisher description.compact disc
Subjects: Terkel, Studs, 1912-; Audiobooks.; Authors, American; Broadcasters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Touch and go : a memoir / by Terkel, Studs,1912-2008.(CARDINAL)126959;
Includes bibliographical references and index.At nearly 95, Studs Terkel has written about everyone's life, it seems, but his own. Here he offers a memoir which--embodying the spirit of the man himself--is youthful and vivacious. Terkel begins by taking us back to his childhood, describing the hectic life of a family trying to earn a living in Chicago. He then goes on to his experiences--as a poll watcher charged with stealing votes for the Democratic machine, as a young theatergoer, and eventually as an actor himself in both radio and on the stage--giving us a portrait of the Chicago of the 1920s and 1930s. He tells of his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War II and as an interviewer and oral historian--a craft he would come to perfect. Finally, he discusses his involvement with progressive politics, leading to his travails during the McCarthy period when he was blacklisted.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.; Broadcasters; Authors, American;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Time to get tough : make America great again / by Trump, Donald,1946-author.(CARDINAL)186951; Bannon, Stephen K.,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)350278;
Includes bibliographical references.Get tough -- Take the oil -- Tax China to save American jobs -- It's your money: you should keep more of it -- A government we can afford -- Strengthen American muscle -- A safety net, not a hammock -- Repeal Obamacare -- It's called illegal immigration for a reason -- The America our children deserve -- The press and the presidency."The media scoffed at Trump's vision and the people who supported him; they were blinded by the Clinton machine. But their eyes were opened after Trump won sixty-two million votes and the Oval Office in 2016. Even Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said,"Donald Trump heard a voice in this country that no one else heard." He still does. Donald Trump puts "America's interests first--and that means doing what's right for our economy, our national security, and our public safety." He made the biggest deals of his life as President of the United States, but there are more deals to be made. From ending the border crisis to enacting policies to eliminate regulations that restrict small businesses, Donald Trump understands that America "doesn't need cowardice, it needs courage." It is Time to Get Tough"--
Subjects: manifestoes.; Manifestos.; Trump, Donald, 1946-;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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