Importance of Voting
Channel: Jay Rodriguez
Date: 2020-01-29

The debate on the validity of voting rages on in leftist circles. I'm hoping I can just clarify the 

importance of participation as we roll into an important year in American politics. 



Links to Resources From The Video:




https://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/votecorrupt.jpg


Dear America, If Voting Made Any Real Difference, They Wouldn’t Let Us Do It. By Matt Agorist

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/voting-americans-difference/


Whoever They Vote For, We Are Ungovernable. From CrimethInc.

https://crimethinc.com/2017/01/16/whoever-they-vote-for-we-are-ungovernable-a-history-of-anarchist-counter-inaugural-protest


The Woman Suffrage Movement. From The National Women's History Museum

https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/general/woman-suffrage-movement


American Civil War United States history. By: Jennifer L. Weber, and Warren W. Hassler

https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War


America's super rich: six things to know. By Natalie Jones, and Alastair Gee

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/sep/26/america-oligarchy-dominated-billionaires-big-money-series


On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote.
By Asma Khalid, Don Gonyea, and Leila Fadel

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/645223716/on-the-sidelines-of-democracy-exploring-why-so-many-americans-dont-vote


Do Political Business in the Daylight. By Bruce F. Freed, and Marian Currinder

https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2016-04-06/corporate-money-is-playing-a-shadowy-role-in-2016-politics


Presidential elections have turned into money wars — thanks to a Supreme Court decision in 2010.
By Brian Schwartz, and Lauren Hirsch

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/19/presidential-elections-are-now-money-battlesthanks-to-supreme-court.html


How Money Affects Elections. By Maggie Koerth 

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/money-and-elections-a-complicated-love-story/


Federal Judge Backs Georgia’s Purge of Nearly 100,000 Voters. By Elisha Brown

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/elections/georgia-voters-purge.html


Millions of Black Voters Are Being Purged From Voter Rolls, Often Illegally: Report
By Michael Harriot

https://www.theroot.com/millions-of-black-voters-are-being-purged-from-voter-ro-1827808612


Do Voter Purges Discriminate Against the Poor and Minorities? By Sean Holstege

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/do-voter-purges-discriminate-against-poor-minorities-n636586


Nine facts about state and local policy. By  Ryan Nunn, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh

https://www.brookings.edu/research/nine-facts-about-state-and-local-policy/


Public funding of presidential elections. From The Federal Election Commission 

https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/understanding-ways-support-federal-candidates/presidential-elections/public-funding-presidential-elections/


Forget a new civil war. We need a new American revolution. By John Ferling

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/05/29/forget-a-new-civil-war-we-need-a-new-american-revolution/



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