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Democracy Reform and Voting Rights in the United States

Collected by: Columbia University Libraries

Archived since: Mar, 2021

Description:

In 2020 the ongoing partisan struggle in the United States between advocates for voting rights and official proponents of voter suppression measures came to a head during a bitter presidential election campaign conducted amidst the substantial additional challenges to participatory democracy posed by the global pandemic. The election saw historic turnout, but also a sustained effort by the defeated incumbent to challenge the election’s legitimacy, spurring a violent insurrection on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to attempt to disrupt the U.S Congress from certifying the Electoral College results. As the Biden administration gets underway with narrow Democratic Party control of the House and Senate, while legislatures in multiple states are advancing new voter restrictions, structural democracy reform and voting rights will be at the heart of major legislative debates in 2021 and beyond. Columbia University Libraries has initiated a new thematic web archive collection devoted to documenting these historic debates and any ensuing legislation, both at the national and in selected local contexts, focusing on democracy reform and voting rights and subtopics including: campaign finance reform; electoral college reform (including the National Popular Vote interstate compact); the equal-time rule; gerrymandering; ranked-choice voting; universal voter registration; voter identification; voter suppression; DC Statehood; Puerto Rico Statehood; and Supreme Court expansion/reform.

Subject:   Government - National,  Government - US States,  Politics & Elections,  Puerto Rico ,  Washington (D.C.),  U.S. states,  Statehood (American politics),  Representative government and representation,  Suffrage,  Voting,  Democracy

Coverage:   United States

Collector:   Columbia University Libraries

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Title: PR51st

URL: http://www.pr51st.com/

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Subject:   Puerto Rico ,  Statehood (American politics),  Home rule--Puerto Rico,  Representative government and representation

Creator:   Puerto Rico Statehood Council

Coverage:   Puerto Rico

Collector:   Columbia University Libraries

Title: Puerto Rico Political Status

URL: https://naturalresources.house.gov/puerto-rico-political-status

Description: "This Congress, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources has considered two pieces of legislation with different mechanisms to resolve Puerto Rico’s political status – the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act (H.R. 1522), introduced by Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.) on March 2, 2021, and the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act (H.R. 2070), introduced by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) on March 18, 2021. The lead sponsors of both bills have come together to combine elements of their respective bills to arrive at a compromise that would be supported by a majority of members of Congress. The Puerto Rico Status Act Discussion Draft is the result of that effort."

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Subject:   Statehood (American politics),  Home rule--Puerto Rico,  Puerto Rico

Creator:   United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources

Coverage:   Puerto Rico

Collector:   Columbia University Libraries

Title: Proyecto Estrella

URL: https://proyectoestrella.wordpress.com/

Description: "Proyecto Estrella es una iniciativa informativa lanzada en el 2010 para educar sobre la estadidad para Puerto Rico."

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Subject:   Puerto Rico ,  Statehood (American politics),  Home rule--Puerto Rico,  Representative government and representation

Collector:   Columbia University Libraries

Title: Voters Have Moved in Favor of DC and Puerto Rico Statehood

URL: https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2020/9/8/voters-favor-dc-and-puerto-rico-statehood

Description: Report from poll conducted by Data for Progress on statehood for DC and Puerto Rico, published September 8, 2020

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Subject:   Statehood (American politics),  Home rule--Washington (D.C.),  Home rule--Puerto Rico,  Puerto Rico ,  Washington (D.C.),  Public opinion polls

Creator:   McElwee, Sean,  Ray, John

Collector:   Columbia University Libraries

Title: Puerto Rico Report

URL: https://www.puertoricoreport.com/

Description: "The Puerto Rico Report, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the mission of informing the general public of Puerto Rico’s status as a territory of the United States and the related implications of that status. By presenting official government documents and statements by influential individuals, we hope to create a library of historic material for all individuals who seek to learn more about Puerto Rico’s status as a territory."

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Subject:   Puerto Rico ,  Statehood (American politics),  Representative government and representation,  Home rule--Puerto Rico

Creator:   Puerto Rico Report, Inc.

Collector:   Columbia University Libraries

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