Selected Subject Headings
Elections - United States
Minorities - Suffrage - United States
Political campaigns - United States
Political participation - United States
Voter turnout - United States
Voting, Compulsory
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The American Nonvoter by Call Number: JK1987 .R34 2017 (DPC)ISBN: 9780190670719Publication Date: 2017
Get Out the Vote: How to Increase Voter Turnout by Call Number: JK2281 .G74 2015 (DPC)ISBN: 9780815725688Publication Date: 2015
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy by Call Number: JK1924 .A54 2018 (DPC)ISBN: 9781635571370Publication Date: 2018
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Reasons for Not Voting - 2016 Presidential Election
