In contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system with stories about voter suppression and manipulation there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Professor Joshua A. Douglas an expert on our electoral system examines these encouraging developments in this inspiring book about how regular Americans are working to take back their democracy one community at a time.Told through the narratives of those working on positive voting rights reforms Douglas includes chapters on expanding voter eligibility easing voter registration rules making voting more convenient enhancing accessibility at the polls providing voters with more choices finding ways to comply with voter ID rules giving redistricting back to the voters pushing back on big money through local and state efforts using journalism to make the system more accountable and improving civics education.