BOOK CLUB

April 19th Book Club:
Voting Rights and Elections

As the midterms approach, and with some primary elections already underway, it is timely to discuss our most fundamental right as Americans: the right to vote! Potential topics for discussion include the history of voting rights in the United States, issues of voting access and voter certification, what constitutes fair and secure elections, the demographics of who votes (and who doesn’t), the logistics and legalities of voting, and many more.

Read any book of your choosing on this theme, and come prepared to share key ideas from the book as well as your thoughts about it.

When & where

Sunday, April 19th
12:30 to 2PM
Ballard Library

We look forward to seeing you! RSVP to Cheryl Sizov at cherylsizov@gmail.com or just show up.

What to read

Don’t know what to read? Here are some suggestions—many are available within the Seattle library system:

• Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections, edited by Jim Downs

• Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in the United States by Gilda Daniels

• One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson

• The Great Suppression by Zachary Roth

• Black Voter Suppression by Artika R. Tyner

• The Hidden History of the War on Voting by Thom Hartmann

• Give Us the Ballot by Are Berman

Many other good titles can be found on these websites:

• https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/voting-rights/#adult

• https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/books-for-understanding-the-us-election

• https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/books-for-understanding-how-we-vote

• https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/elections-and-voting-summer-reading-list/