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1) Conclave
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Pub. Date
2016.
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"The Pope is dead. Behind locked doors of the Sistine chapel, 118 cardinals from around the world will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men, but they are men of the world, and they have rivals. And over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth."--Dust jacket.
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Tommy Carmellini novels volume 8
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"After one of the most contentious and divisive elections in American history, the new president is finally settling into the West Wing. But when his chief of staff discovers evidence that voting machines in key counties in swing states were tampered with, the whole administration is in danger of unraveling. Did someone steal the election? Are America's enemies involved? Were the tampered-with machines actually rigged to swing the election the other...
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"There's never been a timelier moment for kids to learn the importance of voting. Your Vote Matters walks readers through all the ins and outs of voting in America--and more specifically, voting in presidential elections. This easy-to-understand illustrated guide explains every step in the presidential election process--from who is eligible to run for president to what the president does once they are sworn into office. Learn about campaigning and...
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Universal
Pub. Date
c1998
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1 DVD (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jack Stanton is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan. Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.
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President Will Lee is having a rough week. There are some loose nukes in Pakistan--and a rogue CIA agent--that might just trigger World War III if Lee's diplomatic efforts fall short. It's up to Holly Barker, Lance Cabot, and a few other Stuart Woods series regulars to save the world--and the upcoming election.
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This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the 7th issue of Volume 121, academic year 2011-2012) features articles and essays by several notable scholars. Principal contributors include Richard Re and Christopher Re, Nathan Chapman and Michael McConnell, Bruce Cain, Christopher Elmendorf and David Schleicher, and Joseph Fishkin.The May issue's complete Contents are:"Voting and Vice: Criminal Disenfranchisement and the Reconstruction Amendments," by Richard...
8) Wag the dog
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Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
544 pages cm
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"The author of the Pulitzer finalist The Right to Vote explains the enduring problem of an controversial institution: the Electoral College. Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through the Electoral College, anarcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Most Americans would prefer a national popular vote, and Congress has attempted...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm + 1 poster, 1 sheet of stickers.
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Complemented by bobblehead stickers, activities and a color-in Electoral Map poster, an official Who HQ guide to American presidential campaigns covers subjects ranging from stump speeches and debates to nominating conventions and Election Night, prompting readers to make their own decisions about issues and leadership qualities.
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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xxxiii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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"Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver's licenses, and sometimes go to war for their country. So why not ask--or require--every American to vote? E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport argue that universal participation in our elections should be a cornerstone of our system. It would be the surest way to protect against voter suppression and the active disenfranchisement of a large share of our citizens....
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All Points Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm
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"A radical spirit of change has overtaken American politics, making once-unthinkable reforms-like abolishing the Electoral College-seem possible. Two of the last five elections were won by candidates who lost the popular vote, calling the integrity of theentire electoral system into question. Political passions are already high, and they will reach a boiling point as we enter the 2020 race. The message from the American people is clear: we need major...
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Dear Mrs. LaRue volume 2
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
With Mrs. LaRue injured and in the hospital, Ike decides to uphold justice and take the laws of Snort City into his own paws.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
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1 DVD (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Willie Stark is an uncorrupted small-town mayor in 1950s Louisiana. He gets picked by the political machine to run as a wild card candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial race. But, when Willie realizes that he is being manipulated, he veers off on his own to become the darling of the electorate's downtrodden and forgotten hicks. Covering the campaign for a local paper is Jack Burden, whose editorial pieces become so admiring of Willie that he's fired....
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Contemporary Legal Issues in Africa is a book in which scholars, legal practitioners, and researchers share their expertise and insights on various contemporary legal issues in Africa. The chapters critically analyze, discuss, and propose solutions to the legal challenges that are faced in Africa in the 21st century. The topics covered in this book are diverse and range from the influence of public sector corruption on the Nigerian oil sector to the...
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Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (69 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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This explosive documentary follows the money back to the elusive multi-billionaire Robert Mercer who bought Breitbart News and funded the effort, while inserting Stephen K. Bannon into the presidential campaign as its manager. Meanwhile, another Mercer company, Cambridge Analytica, mined personal data from millions of Americans via social media to determine which ones could be easily swayed by hyper-targeted political ads with exaggerated claims....
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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiv, 216 pages ; 22 cm
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"In How the Hell Did This Happen?, P.J. brings his critical eye and inimitable voice to some seriously risky business. Starting in June 2015, he asks, “Who are these jacklegs, high-binders, wire-pullers, mountebanks, swellheads, buncombe spigots, four-flushers and animated spittoons offering themselves as worthy of America?s highest office?” and surveys the full cast of presidential candidates including everyone you?ve already forgotten and everyone...
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