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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454140603321

Autore

Hardaway Robert M. <1946->

Titolo

Crisis at the polls [[electronic resource] ] : an electoral reform handbook / / Robert M. Hardaway; foreword by Richard D. Lamm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-71839-8

9786613822994

0-313-35126-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

324.6/30973

Soggetti

Elections - United States

Election law - United States

Representative government and representation - United States

Presidents - United States - Election

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The 2000 presidential election crisis -- State, national, and international crises -- The Electoral College debate -- The Electoral College : reform proposals -- Voter registration -- The voter identification dispute -- Provisional ballots -- Absentee ballots -- Redistricting -- Computerized voting systems.

Sommario/riassunto

If free and fair elections are the heart of our prized democratic system of government, the integrity of our electoral system must be beyond question. Yet all too often, flaws in the administration of our elections have undermined public confidence in the results. This volume is virtually unique in focusing closely on the procedural problems of our electoral system, including those posed by the computerization of voting systems. The author analyzes events in the electoral history of the United States (and, tangentially, of certain other nations) to reveal the particular dynamics of democratic