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Book Synopsis Campaign and Election Reform by : Glenn H. Utter
Download or read book Campaign and Election Reform written by Glenn H. Utter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a sweeping overview of U.S. campaign and election reform efforts, past and present, from the introduction of the secret ballot to touch-screen voting. Emphasizing the major electoral reforms since 2000, this second edition of Campaign and Election Reform investigates the development of the American electoral system from colonial times to the present. It chronicles efforts to expand suffrage, reform campaign financing, and prevent vote fraud, and traces the development of election technology from the paper ballot to the lever voting machine, from the punch-card ballot to the optical-scan and touch-screen systems. The book also explores alternative voting systems, such as preference voting and proportional representation, and compares the U.S. electoral process with the voting systems of selected European democracies. Campaign and Election Reform, Second Edition is essential reading for any citizen who wants to understand the U.S. electoral system, what's wrong with it, and how it might be fixed.
Book Synopsis Democracy in the States by : Bruce E. Cain
Download or read book Democracy in the States written by Bruce E. Cain and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy in the States offers a 21st century agenda for election reform in America based on lessons learned in the fifty states. Combining accessibility and rigor, leading scholars of U.S. politics and elections examine the impact of reforms intended to increase the integrity, fairness, and responsiveness of the electoral system. While some of these reforms focus on election administration, which has been the subject of much controversy since the 2000 presidential election, others seek more broadly to increase political participation and improve representation. For example, Paul Gronke (Reed College) and his colleagues study the relationship between early voting and turnout. Barry Burden (University of Wisconsin–Madison) examines the hurdles that third-party candidates must clear to get on the ballot in different states. Michael McDonald (George Mason University) analyzes the leading strategies for redistricting reform. And Todd Donovan (Western Washington University) focuses on how the spread of "safe" legislative seats affects both representation and participation. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously observed that "a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country." Nowhere is this function more essential than in the sphere of election reform, as this important book shows.
Book Synopsis Unrigging American Elections by : Dari Sylvester Tran
Download or read book Unrigging American Elections written by Dari Sylvester Tran and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical and systematic analysis of election reforms post-HAVA (Help America Vote Act of 2002) offers a detailed look ahead at the significant challenges that remain in the context of a new presidential administration. Employing a mixed methodological approach, this book analyzes the biggest election challenges faced by voters and election administrators in the areas of voter registration, polling place and non-polling place voting, election administration personnel, and voting technology. Within the framework of the competing values of integrity and access, this book fills a crucial gap in the existing literature by analyzing the impact of election reform wins and losses. The book concludes with a promising agenda for the future of election reform and the political considerations that will be brought to bear on that agenda.
Book Synopsis Election Reform by : Daniel J. Palazzolo
Download or read book Election Reform written by Daniel J. Palazzolo and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Election Reform: Politics and Policy is the definitive work on the manner in which policymakers responded to the crisis that emerged from the 2000 presidential election. Editors Daniel Palazzolo and James Ceaser address two fundamental questions: How did the states and Congress respond to the problems in election law and administration that became apparent in the 2000 election? What factors explain the variety of ways in which different states responded? Anyone interested in election crisis of 2000 and in the lessons learned from a major transformation of our electoral institutions will find this book essential reading.
Book Synopsis Proportional Representation and Election Reform in Ohio by : Kathleen L. Barber
Download or read book Proportional Representation and Election Reform in Ohio written by Kathleen L. Barber and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although some think of proportional representation as an untried option, there were at one time twenty-two cities in the United States using proportional representation to elect their councils. Little is known about the experience of these cities, and this book seeks to fill that historical gap.
Download or read book Election Reform written by Alan Marzilli and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions about the electoral system are answered.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :592 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Election Reform by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration
Download or read book Election Reform written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Helping America Vote by : Martha Kropf
Download or read book Helping America Vote written by Martha Kropf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping America Vote is focused on the conflict between values of access and integrity in U.S. election administration, examining both what was included in the Help America Vote Act, and what was not. Widespread agreement that voting equipment was a problem made technology the centerpiece of the legislation, but, there is still reason to be concerned about key aspects of electronic voting, ballot design, and the politics of partisan administrators.
Book Synopsis Principles of Electoral Reform by : Michael Dummett
Download or read book Principles of Electoral Reform written by Michael Dummett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A country's electoral system has a profound effect on its politics; its citizens ought therefore to ask themselves at frequent intervals whether that currently in force is satisfactory. This book does not argue for a particular answer, but aims to help people think about the question. Few realize how much thought it needs. One should not begin by asking whether this or that system is better, but by trying to make precise what we want an electoral system to do. A general election has two effects: it decides the composition of Parliament; and it decides who is going to represent each constituency. The question of what we want an electoral system to do therefore splits in two: how should Parliament be divided between the parties, given the voter's preferences? and which are the most representative local candidates, given the voter's preferences? Neither question is straightforward, but this timely new book helps to explain on what basis we should decide which electoral system we should have.
Book Synopsis Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform by : R. Michael Alvarez
Download or read book Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform written by R. Michael Alvarez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, observers of American politics have noted the deleterious effects of party polarization in both the national and state legislatures. Reformers have tried to address this problem by changing primary election laws. A theory underlies these legal changes: the reformers tend to believe that 'more open' primary laws will produce more centrist, moderate, or pragmatic candidates. The 'top-two' primary, just implemented in California, represents the future of these antiparty efforts. Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform examines California's first use of the top-two primary system in 2012. R. Michael Alvarez and J. Andrew Sinclair evaluate the primary from a variety of perspectives and using several different methodologies. Although the first use of this primary system in California did not immediately reshape the state's politics, it also did not have many of the deleterious consequences that some observers had feared. This study provides the foundation for future studies of state primary systems.
Book Synopsis Electoral College Reform by : Gary Bugh
Download or read book Electoral College Reform written by Gary Bugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has not updated the Electoral College system since the Twelfth Amendment was ratified in 1804, despite public opinion polls showing a majority of Americans are in favor of changing or outright abolishing it. So why hasn't the United States reformed this system? Electoral College Reform brings together new essays examining all aspects of this crucial debate, including the reasons for reform, the issues surrounding a constitutional amendment, the effect of the Electoral College on political campaigns and the possibilities for extra-constitutional avenues to change. The authors consider both the Federalists' vision of balanced representation and a more democratic and equality-based ideal. These competing frameworks, perhaps more than any other factor, account for centuries of American indecision on this key issue. By offering an unprecedented and carefully researched analysis of an always controversial subject, this volume explores the potential for changing a system that many contend is long overdue.
Book Synopsis To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process by : Jimmy Carter
Download or read book To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process written by Jimmy Carter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2000 the American electoral system was tested by a political ordeal unlike any in living memory. Not since 1876-77 has the outcome of a national election remained so unsettled for so long. The past election¡¯s recount conundrum shook the nation¡¯s faith in the mechanisms that support the democratic process. Led by former Presidents Ford and Carter, the National Commission on Federal Election Reform undertook a study of the American electoral system. The resulting report describes where and what went wrong during the 2000 election, and makes clear and specific recommendations for reform, directed at state government, Congress, news organizations, and others. This volume also includes the full text of the Task Force Reports from the Commission.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :824 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Election Reform: Basic References by : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
Download or read book Election Reform: Basic References written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Election Administration in the United States by : R. Michael Alvarez
Download or read book Election Administration in the United States written by R. Michael Alvarez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of how the way in which we conduct elections has changed after the Florida recount litigation of 2000. Some of the nation's leading experts look at various aspects of election administration, including issues of ballot format, changes in registration procedures, the growth in the availability of absentee ballot rules and other forms of "convenience voting," and changes in the technology used to record our votes. They also look at how the Bush v. Gore decision has been used by courts that monitor the election process and at the consequences of changes in practice for levels of invalid ballots, magnitude of racial disparities in voting, voter turnout, and access to the ballot by those living outside the United States. The editors, in their introduction, also consider the normative question of exactly what we want a voting system to do. An epilogue by two leading election law specialists looks at how election administration and election contest issues played out in the 2012 presidential election.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis Election Reform in the District of Columbia by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
Download or read book Election Reform in the District of Columbia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform by : Frederic Charles Schaffer
Download or read book The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform written by Frederic Charles Schaffer and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schaffer reveals how tinkering with the electoral process, even with the best of intentions, can easily damage democratic ideals.
Book Synopsis The Limits of Electoral Reform by : Shaun Bowler
Download or read book The Limits of Electoral Reform written by Shaun Bowler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Limits of Electoral Reform examines a variety of reforms, including campaign finance, direct democracy, legislative term limits, and changes to the electoral system itself. This study finds electoral reforms have limited, and in many cases, no effects. The findings here suggest there are hard limits to effects of electoral reform.
