Delve Deeper into “Election Day” A film by Katy Chevigny

This multi-media resource list, Tate, Katherine. From Protest to McCool, Daniel, Susan M. Olson, compiled by Rebecca Federman Politics: The New Black Voters and Jennifer L. Robinson. Native of the New York Public Library, in American Elections. Vote: American Indians, the provides a range of perspectives Cambridge: Harvard University Voting Rights Act, and the Right on the issues raised by the Press, 1993. Through surveys, to Vote. Cambridge University upcoming P.O.V. documentary demographic analysis and voting Press, 2007. Chronicles the history “Election Day,” that premieres patterns, Tate examines the of Native Americans in their on July 1st, 2008 at 10 PM African-American experience in the struggle to become franchised. (check local listings at voting booth. www.pbs.org/pov/). Overton, Spencer. Stealing Walters, Ronald. Freedom Is Not Democracy: The New Politics of Forget the pie charts, color-coded Enough: Black Voters, Black Voter Suppression. W.W. maps and hyperventilating pundits. Candidates, and American Norton, 2006. Overton, a law What's the street-level experience Presidential Politics. Lanham, professor, chronicles voter of voters in today's America? In a MD: Rowan & Littlefield, 2005. suppression and the manipulation of triumph of documentary From the civil rights era to the 2004 election rules in America. storytelling, "Election Day" election, Walters discusses African- combines 11 stories — shot American struggles for the right to ADULT FICTION simultaneously on November 2, vote. 2004, from dawn until long past Didion, Joan. Democracy: A midnight — into one. Factory Browning, Rufus P., Dale Rogers Novel. Toronto: Lester & Orpen workers, ex-felons, harried moms, Marshall, and David H. Tabb. Dennys, 1984. A look at the life of Native American activists and Racial Politics in American a senator’s wife and the Washington diligent poll watchers, from South Cities. Longman, 2002. A world in which she lives. Dakota to Florida, take the process comprehensive look at racial politics of democracy into their own hands. in the U.S., including detailed The result is an entertaining, studies of New York, Los Angeles, Downing, Sybil. The Vote: A inspiring and sometimes unsettling Atlanta, and other large cities. Novel. Albuquerque: University story of citizens determined to vote of New Mexico Press, 2006. A on one fateful day. A co-production Campbell, Tracy. Deliver the novel about a sheltered young of Independent Television Service Vote: A History of Election woman who puts her life and love (ITVS). Fraud, an American Political on the line by supporting the ______Tradition. Basic Books, 2006. National Women’s Party. ADULT NONFICTION Discusses the imperfections, past and present, within the American Greenfield, Jeff. The People’s Burns, Peter F. Electoral Politics election system while asking how Choice. New York: G.P. Is Not Enough: Racial And fraud has persisted within it. Putnam’s Sons, 1995. When the Ethnic Minorities And Urban President dies just days after the Politics. Albany: State University Gumbel, Andrew. Steal This election, the Vice President-Elect is of New York Press, 2006. An Vote: Dirty Elections and the ready to fill his shoes, until examination of four Northeastern Rotten History of Democracy in someone starts probing at the cities and how white politicians have America. New York: Nation procedural issues. responded to the interests of their Books, 2005. Gumbel, a journalist minority contingents. for Britain’s The Independent, examines the history of election Klein, Joe. Primary Colors. New Lausen, Marcia. Design for fraud. York: , 1996. Democracy: Ballot and Election Follows a charismatic Southern Design. Chicago: University of Hull, Elizabeth. The governor and his wife on their road Chicago Press, 2007. Disenfranchisement of Ex- to the presidency. Controversial ballots in Florida in Felons. Philadelphia: Temple the 2000 election propelled Lausen University Press, 2006. Describes Penn Warren, Robert. All the to design a more streamlined and the history, nature, and King’s Men. Harvest Books, graphically usable ballot. This consequences of denying ex-felons 1996. Loosely based on the life of volume showcases her design. the right to vote. Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, this book tells the story of a Herrnson, Paul S., Richard G. Manza, Jeff and Christopher southern politician who builds Niemi, Michael J. Hanmer, Uggen. Locked Out: Felon support with his mass appeal and Benjamin B. Bederson, Frederick Disenfranchisement and dirty politics, but at a very high C. Conrad, and Michael W. American Democracy. Oxford price. Traugott. Voting Technology: University Press, 2008. Examines The Not-So-Simple Act of the implications of the CHILDREN’S NONFICTION Casting a Ballot. Brookings disenfranchisement of ex-felons on Institution Press, 2008. Provides the American democratic system. a foundation for research on Christelow, Eileen. Vote! New election administration, with an York: Clarion Books, 2003. This emphasis on voting technology, in book follows the steps involved in the wake of Florida’s 2000 election electing a public official, with crisis. emphasis placed on the voting process.

Delve Deeper into “Election Day” A film by Katy Chevigny

Nickelodeon. Election Krull, Kathleen. A Woman for ______Connection: The Official Nick President: The Story of Victoria FILMS Guide to Electing the President. Woodhull. Walker Books for San Francisco: Chronicle Books, Young Readers, 2006. A story Iron Jawed Angels (2004) Dir: 2004. The ultimate guide to all- about the life of Victoria Woodhull – Katja von Garnier. Chronicles the things election related aimed at the first woman in the U.S. to run dramatic struggle for women’s right those not old enough to vote. for president. to vote. ______CHILDREN’S FICTION Harvey, Miles. Women’s Voting Journeys with George (2002) Rights. New York, NY: Children’s Dir: Alexandra Pelosi. Pelosi gets Press, 1996. The story behind the Beard, Darleen Bailey. personal with George W. Bush on 19th amendment, which granted Operation Clean Sweep. New the campaign trail. women the right to vote. York, NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2004. It’s 1916 and Cornelius Sanwick’s father is Primary (1960) Dir: Robert Morris-Lipsman, Arlene. running for mayoral reelection. His Drew. Drew followed Democratic Presidential Races: The Battle mother, however, has decided to candidates John F. Kennedy and for Power in the United States. run for mayor too. Hubert Humphrey during the 1960 Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-first Wisconsin primary, and captured Century Books, 2008. From moments in history. George Washington to George Bush, Gutman, Dan. The Kid Who Ran a compilation of little-known facts for President. New York: about presidential campaigns. Scholastic, 1996. Judson Moon Primary Colors (1998) Dir: Mike attempts to become President of Nichols. Based on the the United States. The problem is novel of the same name, this film Steins, Richard. Our Elections. that he is only twelve years old. follows a suave governor on the Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, way to the White House. 2002. Explores the differences in political parties of the United Hurwitz, Johanna. Class States. President. New York: Morrow Unprecedented: The 2000 Junior Books, 1990. Friends help Presidential Election (2002) Dir: friends win the nomination for class Richard Ray Perez. A Walter, Mildred Pitts. The president. documentary about the Mississippi Challenge. New controversial voting in Florida in York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2000, which turned the state into 1992. The story of the African- Singer, Marilyn. The Case of the an election battlefield. American struggle in Mississippi, Fixed Election. New York: from the 19th century to the Harper & Row, 1999. Things get formation of the Mississippi ugly when twins (and part-time Wag the Dog (1998) Dir: Barry Freedom Democratic Party. detectives) Sam and Dave find Levinson. With the election soon themselves involved in some school approaching and a potential election trouble. presidential sex scandal about to Sobel, Syl. Presidential break, the campaign secures a little Elections: And Other Cool Facts. help from Hollywood to divert Barron’s Educational Series, Sisulu, Elinor. The Day Gogo attention. 2001. Full of interesting facts about Went to Vote. Boston: Little past presidents and their wives, this Brown, 1996. Gogo is one hundred book makes information about the years old and in poor health, but (1993) Dir: D.A. election process accessible to a nothing will stop her on the first Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. younger audience. Election Day that black South An inside look into the ’s Africans are allowed to vote. 1992 Presidential campaign with and James Granfield, Linda. America Votes: Carville. How Our President Is Elected. Stier, Catherine. If I Ran for Kids Can Press, Ltd., 2005. President. Albert Whitman & Breaks down the American electoral Company, 2007. Six children take process into manageable two-page turns explaining different aspects of chapters with colorful cartoon the election process from deciding drawings. to run to Inauguration Day.

Fritz, Jean. You Want Women to Mccully, Emily Arnold. The Ballot Vote, Lizzie Stanton? Putnam Box Battle. Dragonfly Books, Juvenile, 1999. A biography of 1998. The story of Cordelia, a little Elizabeth Cady Stanton, feminist girl who looks up to and is inspired and women’s suffragist, for a by her neighbor, Elizabeth Cady younger audience. Stanton.