LEADER 02891nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910969071303321 005 20080506105840.0 010 $a9798400633935 010 $a9786613822994 010 $a9781282718395 010 $a1282718398 010 $a9780313351266 010 $a0313351260 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400633935 035 $a(OCoLC)369149707 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2MFI 035 $a(OCoLC)1228556602 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400633935BC 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707233 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC491908 035 $a(MiFhGG)9780313351266 035 $a(Perlego)4168676 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707233 100 $a20080502e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrisis at the polls $ean electoral reform handbook /$fby Robert M. Hardaway ; foreword by Richard D. Lamm 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2008. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (xxvi, 207 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9798216068136 311 08$a9780313351259 311 08$a0313351252 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aIf 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 606 $aElection law$zUnited States 606 $aElections$zUnited States 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$zUnited States 615 0$aElection law 615 0$aElections 615 0$aPresidents$xElection. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation 676 $a324.6/30973 700 $aHardaway$b Robert M.$f1946-$01477098 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969071303321 996 $aCrisis at the polls$94366964 997 $aUNINA