The unintended consequences of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
By: Edward Blum.
Publisher: AEI Press; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9780844742571
Subjects: United States; African Americans -- Suffrage; Minorities -- Suffrage -- United States -- States; Voter registration -- United States -- States; Election law -- United States; Apportionment (Election law) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-76).
Table of contents: title: Texas now and then : how both parties use the Voting Rights Act for partisan ends - and make messy politics even messier; title: Safe-seats-for-life in Arizona : using the Voting Right Act to kill competitive elections; title: Wasting everyone's time and money : Cumberland County, Virginia, and the town of North, South Carolina.