Helping America vote : the limits of election reform / / Martha Kropf, David C. Kimball
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| Autore: |
Kropf Martha E.
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| Titolo: |
Helping America vote : the limits of election reform / / Martha Kropf, David C. Kimball
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 324.6/30973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Elections - United States |
| Elections - United States - Management | |
| Election law - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
KimballDavid C. <1966->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | HELPING AMERICA VOTE The Limits of Election Reform; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The Context of Election Reform; 2 How Does Definition of the Problem Affect the Solution?; 3 Did the Reforms Increase Accuracy?; 4 At What Cost? The Unintended Consequences of Reform; 5 We Mostly Eliminated the Butterfly Ballot ... Isn't That Enough?; 6 Defining the Problem in Human Terms: Who Implements Reform?; 7 Conclusion: What Have Reforms Accomplished?; Notes on the text; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A repeat of the Florida debacle in the 2000 presidential election is the fear of every election administrator. Despite the relatively complication-free 2008 election, we are working with fairly new federal legislation designed to ease election administration problems. The implementation of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) raises the question, how effective have reforms been? Could another Florida happen? Helping America Vote is focused on the conflict between values of access and integrity in U.S. election administration. Kropf and Kimball examine both what wa |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Helping America vote |
| ISBN: | 0-415-80407-8 |
| 1-135-20386-5 | |
| 0-203-87031-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457474003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Controversies in electoral democracy and representation.