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000427504 1001_ $$aGrofman, Bernard.
000427504 24510 $$aMinority representation and the quest for voting equality /$$cBernard Grofman, Lisa Handley, Richard G. Niemi.
000427504 260__ $$aCambridge ;$$aNew York, NY, USA :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c1992.
000427504 300__ $$aviii, 174 p. ;$$c24 cm.
000427504 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
000427504 520__ $$aWith the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the right of minorities to register and vote was largely secured. It was soon discovered, however, that minority voting did not guarantee the election of minorities or minority-preferred candidates. Indeed, efforts by states and localities in the second half of the 1960s were aimed at denying any substantial minority representation to go along with the ability to cast ballots. Eventually congressional amendments to the Act along with the Supreme Court opinion in Thornburg v. Gingles (1986) have led to efforts to eliminate electoral laws that have the effect of diluting the minority vote, whether or not they were enacted with discriminatory intent. Controversy still surrounds the matter of minority representation, however, because of the ambiguity of certain aspects of the law and because of problems in applying it to the largely single-member district context of the 1990s. This book is the most up-to-date treatment of voting rights law and the numerous controversies surrounding minority representation. The authors have extensive, firsthand experience in both the legal battles and the scholarly examination of these issues. Based on this wealth of experience, they describe the development of the law after 1965, discuss in detail the prevailing Supreme Court interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, and examine discrepancies in federal court interpretations of subsequent actions. They also introduce the reader to technical procedures for establishing standards of representation and measuring discrimination. In the final two chapters, they consider the application of voting rights law to districting in the 1990s along with the implications of recent developments for the future of representation in America.
000427504 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xSuffrage.
000427504 650_0 $$aElection districts$$zUnited States.
000427504 650_0 $$aRepresentative government and representation$$zUnited States.
000427504 7001_ $$aHandley, Lisa.
000427504 7001_ $$aNiemi, Richard G.
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