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Class number:
3486
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Title: Voting Rights and Democracy |
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Department: Public Policy & Law |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 25 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 6:30PM-7:45PM, MC - 225 |
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Instructor(s): Turiano, Evan |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Soc Sciences & Identity Power Equity Req |
Course Description:
This class will examine the struggle over the right to vote in America and its deep connections to racism and civil rights conflicts. Students will study historical voting restrictions and consider the relationship between enfranchisement and the political movements for race, gender, and economic equality that persist through the present day. Through structured debates over law and policy issues including gerrymandering, election law federalism, voting role purges, voter ID laws, and the political specter of voter fraud, students will develop the tools needed to understand the relationship between contemporary fights over voting and longstanding debates about American democracy. Students will complete policy papers which draw on public data, historical sources, and interdisciplinary scholarship to analyze a contemporary voting restriction and offer policy directions. |