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Autore |
Hardaway Robert M. <1946-> |
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Titolo |
Crisis at the polls : an electoral reform handbook / / by Robert M. Hardaway ; foreword by Richard D. Lamm |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2008 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024 |
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9798400633935 |
9786613822994 |
9781282718395 |
1282718398 |
9780313351266 |
0313351260 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvi, 207 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Election law - United States |
Elections - United States |
Presidents - United States - Election |
Representative government and representation - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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