M. Smith & K. Anderson 
State Voting Laws in America: Historical Statutes and Their Modern Implications [PDF ebook] 

Table of Contents 1. Introduction PART I: SOWING THE SEEDS 2. The Limited Definition of Citizenship 3. Abolition and the Right to Self-Determination PART II: CIVIL WAR, RECONSTRUCTION, AND RETRENCHMENT 4. The 1876 Election and the Minor Ruling: Era of Retrenchment PART III: MACHINES, PROGRESSIVES, AND WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE 5. The Progressives: Fighting Fraud, Suppressing Turnout 6. The Suffragettes and the 19th Amendment PART IV: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION 7. The Civil Rights Era 8. The 1970s: Mixed Results Upon Implementation 9. Motor Voter and HAVA PART V: A NEW ERA OF RETRENCHMENT? 10. Empirical Studies of Voting Laws 11. Voter Fraud? 12. The 2012 Laws in the Courts 13. After Shelby County 14. A Return to Expanded Voting? 15. Tightened Voting Laws and Turnout 16. Results 17. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations Bibliography Appendix: Kris Kobach, The Man Behind the Laws

Michael Smith is Associate Professor of Political Science at Emporia University, USA. He also writes a monthly newspaper column that appears in the Wichita Eagle and several smaller Kansas newspapers, and he appears regularly on the television show ‘This Week in Kansas, ‘ and the author of
Bringing Representation Home: State Legislators Among Their Constituencies.

Kevin Anderson is the author of Agitations: Ideologies and Strategies in African-American Politics (2010). He has also co-authored a book chapter on political candidates who die during campaigns, plus numerous conference presentations.

Chapman Rackaway has authored numerous textbooks, articles, and book chapters. Rackaway has published co-authored articles in PS: Political Science and Politics and Journal of Politics, in addition to the book Communicating Politics Online. Rackaway writes a monthly newspaper column for the Wichita Eagle, and appears regularly on the television show ‘This Week in Kansas’.