03255nam 2200601 450 991079785520332120200520144314.00-19-023529-20-19-023528-4(CKB)3710000000499830(EBL)4310731(SSID)ssj0001569820(PQKBManifestationID)16216500(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001569820(PQKBWorkID)13785506(PQKB)10926298(Au-PeEL)EBL4310731(CaPaEBR)ebr11138578(CaONFJC)MIL850089(OCoLC)935258908(MiAaPQ)EBC4310731(EXLCZ)99371000000049983020160119h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBallot battles the history of disputed elections in the United States /Edward B. FoleyNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (497 p.)Includes index.0-19-086595-4 0-19-023527-6 Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Missing Institution of Impartiality -- Introduction: Understanding the Past for the Sake of the Future -- Chapter One: Uncertain Vote-Counting in the Founding Era -- Chapter Two: The Novelty of Chief Executive Elections -- Chapter Three: The Entrenchment of Two-Party Competition -- Chapter Four: Counting Votes at Times of Crisis -- Chapter Five: Hayes-Tilden: To the Edge of the Constitutional Cliff -- Chapter Six: The Gilded Age: An Era of Hypercompetitive Elections -- Chapter Seven: The Progressive Era: Missed Opportunities at a Time of Reform -- Chapter Eight: America in the Middle of its Century: A Tarnished Ideal -- Chapter Nine: The Sixties and Their Legacy: The Rise of Democratic Expectations -- Chapter Ten: The Eighties and Nineties: Reemergence of Intensified Partisanship -- Chapter Eleven: Florida 2000: Avoiding a Return to the Constitutional Brink -- Chapter Twelve: After Bush v. Gore: Reinvigorated Demand for Electoral Fairness -- Conclusion: The Enduring Quest for a Fair Count -- Appendix."The 2000 presidential election, with its problems in Florida, was not the first major vote-counting controversy in the nation's history--nor the last. Ballot Battles traces the evolution of America's experience with these disputes, from 1776 to now, explaining why they have proved persistently troublesome and offering an institutional solution"--Provided by publisher.ElectionsCorrupt practicesUnited StatesHistoryElection monitoringUnited StatesHistoryPolitical corruptionUnited StatesHistoryElectionsCorrupt practicesHistory.Election monitoringHistory.Political corruptionHistory.324.973HIS036000LAW108000LAW060000bisacshFoley Edward1117641MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797855203321Ballot battles3782007UNINA