LEADER 03689nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910818065903321 005 20240418005739.0 010 $a1-282-24181-8 010 $a9786613812933 010 $a0-300-18421-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300184211 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105923 035 $a(OCoLC)808341874 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10582928 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000722073 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11489671 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722073 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10694137 035 $a(PQKB)10138721 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421007 035 $a(DE-B1597)485687 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300184211 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421007 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10582928 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL381293 035 $a(OCoLC)923599679 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105923 100 $a20120105d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe voting wars $efrom Florida 2000 to the next election meltdown /$fRichard L. Hasen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-18203-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAll I really need to know I learned in Florida -- The fraudulent fraud squad -- ¡no votes! -- Who counts? -- Margin of litigation -- Deus ex machina -- Tweeting the next meltdown. 330 $aIn 2000, just a few hundred votes out of millions cast in the state of Florida separated Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush from his Democratic opponent, Al Gore. The outcome of the election rested on Florida's 25 electoral votes, and legal wrangling continued for 36 days. Then, abruptly, one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions in U.S. history, Bush v. Gore, cut short the battle. Since the Florida debacle we have witnessed a partisan war over election rules. Election litigation has skyrocketed, and election time brings out inevitable accusations by political partisans of voter fraud and voter suppression. These allegations have shaken public confidence, as campaigns deploy "armies of lawyers" and the partisan press revs up when elections are expected to be close and the stakes are high.Richard L. Hasen, a respected authority on election law, chronicles and analyzes the battles over election rules from 2000 to the present. From a nonpartisan standpoint he explores the rising number of election-related lawsuits and charges of voter fraud as well as the decline of public confidence in fair results. He explains why future election disputes will be worse than previous ones-more acrimonious, more distorted by unsubstantiated allegations, and amplified by social media. No reader will fail to conclude with Hasen that election reform is an urgent priority, one that demands the attention of conscientious citizens and their elected representatives.Also available: The Fraudulent Fraud Squad, an e-excerpt from The Voting WarsReleased February 2012 9780300187489 $1.99 606 $aElection law$zUnited States 606 $aElections$xCorrupt practices$zUnited States 606 $aContested elections$zUnited States 615 0$aElection law 615 0$aElections$xCorrupt practices 615 0$aContested elections 676 $a342.73/07 700 $aHasen$b Richard L$01104567 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818065903321 996 $aThe voting wars$94112125 997 $aUNINA