The history of democracy in America is the history of the extension of voting privileges from white male property-owners to blacks, to women, and to citizens over eighteen years of age. Yet, the numbe
Voting is for citizens only, right? Not exactly. It is not widely known that immigrants, or noncitizens, currently vote in local elections in over a half dozen cities and towns in the U.S.; nor that c
From 1776 to 1926 as many as 40 states and federal territories permitted non-citizens to vote in local, state, and even national elections, says Hayduk, so notion that non-citizens should have the vot
The two-month long Election Day in Florida made one thing clear: We need to find ways to make the American political system more responsive to the demands of all citizens. This book provides a critica
Hayduk (political science, Borough of Manhattan Community College) and Mattson (history, Contemporary History Institute, Ohio U.) present 15 essays that offer recommendations for the reform of the Ame
