TY - BOOK AU - Butterfield,G.K. ED - United States. TI - Report on voting in America: ensuring free and fair access to the ballot AV - JK1967 .B88 2021 PY - 2021/// CY - [Washington, D.C.] PB - [U.S. Government Publishing Office] KW - Voting KW - United States KW - Voter suppression KW - Voter turnout KW - Suffrage KW - Election law KW - States KW - U.S. states KW - fast KW - Legislative materials KW - lcgft N1 - Shipping list no.: 2022-0003-P; "July 2021."; "117th Congress."; Includes bibliographical references; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Committee in House Administration and Subcommittee on Elections; CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND THE HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION IN VOTING -- America's Long History of Discriminating in Voting -- A Constitutional Right to Vote -- The Voting Rights Act, Precedent, and Shelby County V. Holder -- The Subcommittee on Elections Investigation of Current Discrimination in Voting; CHAPTER TWO: DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN VOTING: AN OVERVIEW -- Overview; CHAPTER THREE: VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE PRACTICES AND THE PURGING OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS -- Background -- The Disproportionate and Discriminatory Burden and Impact of List Maintenance Practices on Minority Voters; CHAPTER FOUR: VOTER IDENTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTARY PROOF-OF-CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS -- Background -- The Disproportionate and Discriminatory Burden and Impact on Minority Voters of Voted ID and Documentary Proof-of-Citizenship Laws -- Additional Evidence of Discriminatory Purpose; CHAPTER FIVE: ACCESS TO MULTI-LINGUAL VOTING MATERIALS AND ASSISTANCE -- Background -- The Disproportionate and Discriminatory Burden and Impact of Lack of Access to Multilingual Voting Materials and Support; CHAPTER SIX: POLLING PLACE CLOSURES, CONSOLIDATIONS, RELOCATIONS, AND LONG WAIT TIMES AT THE POLLS -- Background -- The Disproportionate and Discriminatory Burden and Impact of Polling Place Closures, Consolidations, and Relocations, Wait Times, and Lack of Resources on Minority Voters; CHAPTER SEVEN: RESTRICTING OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE -- Background -- Cutbacks and Restrictions on Opportunities to Vote and the Discriminatory and Disproportionate Burden and Impact on Minority Voters; CHAPTER EIGHT: CHANGES TO METHODS OF ELECTION, JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND REDISTRICTING -- Background -- The Disproportionate and Discriminatory Burden and Impact on mInority Voters of Changes in Methods of Election, Jurisdictional Boundaries, and Redistricting ER -