Annotated Bibliography
Dacarlos Moore
Grantham
Annotated Bibliography
The topic of discussion is about the voting rights and federalism. The constitution of the United States and other developed countries have the voting rights and elections treated well as stipulated in the constitution. Voting rights is about allowing people to vote for their leaders without discriminating their right of getting to vote based on their race, color, ethnic or religion. The voting rights is a policy that has been fought to achieve for a long period and this is because the minority groups were being discriminated. There was a time when the only majority groups were given voting right as a privilege but the current constitution allows everyone an opportunity to vote irrespective of the culture, color, race or ethnic group.
Piccoli, L. (2021). Multilevel strategies of political inclusion: The contestation of voting rights for foreign residents by regional assemblies in Europe. Regional &Amp; Federal Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2021.1921742
The source discusses about the voting rights and the discussion of its extensions to foreigners in Europe. There are few countries that have adopted the foreigners having voting rights and this is Scotland and Swiss Cantons. There is an issue of variance experienced in Europe concerning the push for voting rights for foreigners but there is a higher chance that it would fail. There is a possibility that the multilevel government would work towards serving the interest of foreigners. Regional assemblies can use the tools provided by multilevel governance to participate in contentious discussions over the inclusion of newcomers to the country’s politics (Piccoli, 2021). Interestingly, regional assemblies rarely allow foreign residents to vote in legislative elections, despite the fact that this is undoubtedly the most essential form of political involvement for their citizens. The source is credible and best for the research paper in adding information about voting rights.
Volacu, A. (2021). Justice, Symmetry, and Voting Rights Ceilings. Theoria, 87(3), 643-658. https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12306
The article aim is to offer critical assessment that is most prominent argument concerning favoring the restriction of voting rights among the senior citizens. The foundation of the discussion is on the fact that the senior citizens in a country be given low weight when it comes to voting to allow the young people vote for good leaders and meet intergenerational justice (Volacu, 2021). There is also the argument that as people age, they tend to experience cognitive decline and should not be much be involved in voting process since they can be easily manipulated and fail to champion the interest of the young people. The article would be of value to my research paper because it discusses about voting rights and how different demographics are involved.
Morris, K. (2020). Welcome Home—Now Vote! Voting Rights Restoration and Post supervision Participation. Social Science Quarterly, 102(1), 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12901
The article discusses about the incarcerated individuals and the concern about their voting rights. There are very low rates for those previously incarcerated in adhering to their civic duty of voting. The affected population feels disappointed in the systems that are in place and have no interest in participating in voting (Morris, 2020). There is the concern in creating an awareness and promoting the voter turnout for such a group to make people more democratic. The article is worth using in the research paper by bringing about a broad overview about the voting rights.
Stutzer, A., & Slotwinski, M. (2020). Power sharing at the local level: evidence on opting-in for non-citizen voting rights. Constitutional Political Economy, 32(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-020-09322-6
The article discusses about the voting rights of the non-citizens and the institutions that are fighting for their rights like the change of the developed democracies and at the same time experiencing the increase of non-citizen residents. The article is concern about how the rising number of non-citizens are being involved in power-sharing. Electoral reforms falls under fighting for democracy for the non-citizens to also have a say of what is happening in the government and giving them a civic right is the best strategy (Stutzer & Slotwinski, 2020). The mergers among the municipalities acts as the contributing or triggering factor towards achieving democratic reforms like extending voting right. The article is of value in improving my paper about voting rights policy discussion.
References
Morris, K. (2020). Welcome Home—Now Vote! Voting Rights Restoration and Postsupervision Participation. Social Science Quarterly, 102(1), 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12901
Piccoli, L. (2021). Multilevel strategies of political inclusion: The contestation of voting rights for foreign residents by regional assemblies in Europe. Regional &Amp; Federal Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2021.1921742
Stutzer, A., & Slotwinski, M. (2020). Power sharing at the local level: evidence on opting-in for non-citizen voting rights. Constitutional Political Economy, 32(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-020-09322-6
Volacu, A. (2021). Justice, Symmetry, and Voting Rights Ceilings. Theoria, 87(3), 643-658. https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12306
