As Americans continue to grapple with election security and the future of democracy, this book shows how the challenges we face today are rooted in historical efforts to control who votes and how elections are decided.
There's an increasing hunger today for accurate information about voting and elections, a need that Stealing Elections, American Style will meet with a captivating look at election history up to the present. Nearly everyone has an opinion about election integrity and voting, but very few have more than an inkling of the truth about American elections. There are other books about elections and voting rights, but they generally focus on a single issue or a single election. This book gives readers a comprehensive overview of how elections have been manipulated, contested, and outright stolen throughout the country's history. With that historical understanding, readers will gain new insights into today's election fights and how truly “fair” elections are still more aspiration than fact. Stealing Elections, American Style is aimed at a broader audience than other election books: each chapter is a compelling story of a different stolen election or a different way elections have been rigged. By presenting the entire range of America's election history in one accessible book, readers will gain new perspectives on election history and see how today's fights are often just a new chapter from an old playbook of controlling election outcomes.