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• Watch and/or listen to Spencer talk about "Stealing Democracy"...
  • NPR's "Talk of the Nation"
  • Tavis Smiley (PBS TV)
  • NPR's "News and Notes"
  • PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer television show
  • Other Media Appearances...
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• Obtain review copy of Stealing Democracy or reprint permission from Samantha Choy at 212-790-9407 / schoy@wwnorton.com

The Local Angle on the Story

Stealing Democracy uses stories from states around the nation to illustrate the problems with our democracy. To find stories from your state, click here(PDF).

Find the rules in your state regarding: the redistricting process, verified paper trail voting machine laws & legislation, ex-felon disenfranchisement(PDF), and voter identification.

Find out whether your county is covered by the Section 5 preclearance provisions or the Section 203 language assistance (bilingual ballots) requirements of the Voting Rights Act.

Reviews

Diverse Issues
Columbia Journalism Review
New York Times Book Review
Publishers Weekly (June 3, 2006)
Kirkus Reviews
Amazon.com Customer Reviews
Bob Bauer (July 3, 2006)

Spencer's Selected Commentaries on Elections

• Spencer's Dissent from Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform Voter ID proposal
• Should the United States Adopt Voter ID Cards?, NEW YORK TIMES UPFRONT MAGAZINE, Nov. 14, 2005 (debate with former President Jimmy Carter)
• The Carter-Baker ID Card Proposal: Worse Than Georgia, Roll Call, September 28, 2005.
• Voter ID Supporters Lack Hard Evidence, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 8, 2005. (PDF)
• Profiling at the Polls in Ohio (with Dan Tokaji), Dayton Daily News, October 31, 2004.
• Campaign Reform's Next Step, The Boston Globe, December 12, 2003.
• Campaign Finance Law Puts Black Incumbents at Risk, Roll Call, September 12, 2002.
• Reform for the Rest of America, Washington Post, May 10, 2001, at A31.
• Voter Identification, 105 MICH. L. REV. 631 (2007)
• Spencer's Spoken and Written Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives regarding Photo ID Requirements to Vote