- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Barriers To Effective Participation in Electoral Politics", VEP Report, 1981
- Date of Original:
- 1981
- Subject:
- Voter registration
Voting
Political participation
Race discrimination
African Americans--Civil rights - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This report discusses the historical barriers faced by Blacks and other minorities in their attempts to participate effectively in electoral processes, including registration, voting, candidacy, physical and economic intimidation, fair and effective representation, and the impact of the Voting Rights Act. It outlines specific obstacles within each of these areas, including a lack of interest or affirmative action by officials to encourage minority participation, inconvenient locations or times for registration and voting, inadequate minority personnel, insufficient information about policies and procedures, restrictions on third party or independent candidates, and physical and economic intimidation.
- Metadata URL:
- https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1731
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 10 pages
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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