BackStory with the American History Guys » voting rights act http://backstoryradio.org VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Public radio that explores the historical context of todays news. BackStory with the American History Guys no BackStory with the American History Guys vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (BackStory with the American History Guys) Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, All rights reserved. VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities history, ed ayers, brian baloah, peter onuf, vfh, humanities, BackStory with the American History Guys » voting rights act http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/powerpress/backstory_144.jpg http://backstoryradio.org Mark Summers Web Exclusive http://backstoryradio.org/mark-summers-web-exclusive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mark-summers-web-exclusive http://backstoryradio.org/mark-summers-web-exclusive/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:50:56 +0000 cm6ay http://www.backstoryradio.org/?p=232 Ed Ayers interviews historian Mark Summers, Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and author of Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics. Prof. Summers discusses some of the hijinks associated with Gilded Age elections.

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/mark-summers-web-exclusive/feed/ 1 citizenship,constitution,corruption,democracy,elections,history of voting,legal history,partisanship,political history,politics,representation,voting rights act Ed Ayers interviews historian Mark Summers, Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and author of Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics. Prof. Summers discusses some of the hijinks associated with Gilded Age e... Ed Ayers interviews historian Mark Summers, Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and author of Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics (http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=1n0Qck-1z4cC&dq=mark+summers+gilded+age+politics&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=4mykyT_3II&sig=LIBh8xw2Sc7NMRuPEF4Q5IIFw64&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPP1,M1). Prof. Summers discusses some of the hijinks associated with Gilded Age elections. BackStory with the American History Guys no Early and Often: Voting in America http://backstoryradio.org/early-and-often-voting-in-america-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-and-often-voting-in-america-2 http://backstoryradio.org/early-and-often-voting-in-america-2/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:29:21 +0000 VFHwebdev http://www.backstoryradio.org/?p=229 Although the memory of hanging chads still clouds the electoral mood, elections have come a long way. But how effective is our current system? Does it accurately register the will of the People? And why did America’s founders opt out of direct democracy? With the help of callers, the History Guys provide the backstory on voting rights, mechanisms, and manipulations. Historian Mark Summers describes some of the hijinks common in Gilded Age politics, and historian Alexander Keyssar helps make sense of the Electoral College.

Show Highlights

What the Heck is the Electoral College?
Historian Alexander Keyssar explains what the Founders were thinking when they designed the electoral college, and why the system has persisted even though so many Americans object to it.

When Voting was Fun!
Historian Mark Summers tells 19th Century History Guy Ed Ayers about voting in the days before the secret ballot, when party came before the man, and vote-buying, intimidation and 112% voter turnout were par for the course.

Related Links:

  • Read Alexander Keyssar’s case against the Electoral College.
  • Watch Lyndon Johnson’s speech at the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
  • Learn more about the long and colorful history of electoral fraud.
  • Find out how Americans voted before the chad.
  • Solve the mysteries of the Electoral College!
  • Voting in the Past from Colonial Williamsburg
  • Tuesday in November, a U.S. Office of War propaganda film from 1945
]]> http://backstoryradio.org/early-and-often-voting-in-america-2/feed/ 2 citizenship,constitution,corruption,democracy,elections,history of voting,legal history,political history,politics,representation,voting rights act Although the memory of hanging chads still clouds the electoral mood, elections have come a long way. But how effective is our current system? Does it accurately register the will of the People? And why did America’s founders opt out of direct democracy? (http://backstoryradio.org/files/2008/10/voting-rights1.jpg)Although the memory of hanging chads still clouds the electoral mood, elections have come a long way. But how effective is our current system? Does it accurately register the will of the People? And why did America’s founders opt out of direct democracy? With the help of callers, the History Guys provide the backstory on voting rights, mechanisms, and manipulations. Historian Mark Summers describes some of the hijinks common in Gilded Age politics, and historian Alexander Keyssar helps make sense of the Electoral College. Show Highlights What the Heck is the Electoral College? (http://www.backstoryradio.org/2009/05/what-the-heck-is-the-electoral-college/) Historian Alexander Keyssar explains what the Founders were thinking when they designed the electoral college, and why the system has persisted even though so many Americans object to it. When Voting was Fun! (http://www.backstoryradio.org/2009/05/when-voting-was-fun/) Historian Mark Summers tells 19th Century History Guy Ed Ayers about voting in the days before the secret ballot, when party came before the man, and vote-buying, intimidation and 112% voter turnout were par for the course. Related Links: * Read (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17855) Alexander Keyssar’s case against the Electoral College. * Watch (http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/4034) Lyndon Johnson’s speech at the signing of the Voting Rights Act. * Learn (http://books.google.com/books/perseus?id=tQ4QgnUER9AC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI) more about the long and colorful history of electoral fraud. * Find out (http://www.common-place.org/) how Americans voted before the chad. * Solve (http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html) the mysteries of the Electoral College! * Voting in the Past (http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/elections/) from Colonial Williamsburg * Tuesday in November, a U.S. Office of War propaganda film from 1945 BackStory with the American History Guys no 53:00