Rethinking the Vote The Politics and Prospects of American Election Reform

Name: Rethinking the Vote The Politics and Prospects of American Election Reform
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ISBN: 9780195159851

ISBN-10: 0195159853

ISBN-13: 9780195159851

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ann N. Crigler, Marion R. Just, Edward J. McCaffery

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Maintaining the perception of fairness and equal access during elections assures the legitimacy of a democratic system. The U.S. in particular prides itself on its open and honest voting laws and procedures. However, the extraordinary closeness of the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore triggered a rare scrutiny of the election process. This highly disputed contest revealed problems with ballot design and order; access to the polls; voting machines;absentee, military, and overseas ballots; election laws and the Electoral College; and judicial oversight of the voting process. It brought to light issues regarding political polling in general, exit polls in…

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List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.858

Edward J. McCaffery is the Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science at the University of Southern California and visiting professor of law and economics at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Taxing Women, also published by the University of Chicago Press.




Introduction: A Tale of Two Democracies




Problems That Might Need to Be Fixed



Election Reform: The U.S. News Media's Response to the Mistakes Of Election 2000




Counting Ballots and the 2000 Election: What Went Wrong?




An Unrecognized Need for Ballot Reform: The Effects of Candidate Name Order on Election Outcomes




Empirically Evaluating the Electoral College




Ways to Fix the Problems



Bush v. Gore and Federalism




Federal Election Authority: Jurisdiction and Mandates




Congressional Compromise on Election Reform: A Look Backward and Forward




Do Institutions Matter? The Consequences of Electoral Reform for Political Participation




Should the Problems be Fixed?



Cleavage and Consensus: The Public and Election Reform




Why Electoral Reform Has Failed: If You Build It, Will They Come?




After the Storm: The Uses, Normative Implications and Unintended Consequences of Voting Reform Research in Post- Bush v. Gore Equal Protection Challenges




A Tale of Two Worlds




The Paradox of Mass Democracy




Postscript: Keeping Hope Alive



Bibliography


Court Cases


Surveys and Polls


Author Index


Subject Index