States United - A Survival Guide for Our Democracy

"Elections are the bedrock of any democracy. They rely on nonpartisan officials to administer them, voters to cast votes and candidates to accept the results, all in accordance with the law. According to some political experts, these democratic norms are under attack in states across the country as several legislatures seek to add barriers to voting rights, interfere with election administration, oust nonpartisan election officials, and refuse to accept the 2020 election results. The States United Democracy Center is pushing back by empowering state and local officials, law enforcement leaders, and prodemocracy partners by connecting them with tools and expertise they may need to administer free, fair and secure elections"--

List of contents

Introduction

1. The United States Democracy Center

2. The Movement against Democracy

3. The Antidemocracy Movement Today

4. States United's Strategy

5. Our System Can Prevail

Conclusion

About the author

Joanna Lydgate, Norman Eisen, and Christine Todd Whitman

Product details

• Authors: Norman Eisen, Joanna Lydgate, Joanna/ Eisen Lydgate, Christine Todd Whitman
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9781501770074
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-7007-4
• No. of pages: 114
• Series: Brown Democracy Medal
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education