Crisis at the Polls : An Electoral Reform Handbook

by Hardaway, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780313351259
• ISBN10: 0313351252
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

If 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 electoral systems that permit purportedly free and fair elections to subvert rather than express the public will.

Author Biography

Robert M. Hardaway is a professor of law at the University of Denver College of Law.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The 2000 Presidential Election Crisis	p. 1
State, National, and International Crises	p. 27
The Electoral College Debate	p. 49
The Electoral College: Reform Proposals	p. 69
Voter Registration	p. 77
The Voter Identification Dispute	p. 89
Provisional Ballots	p. 95
Absentee Ballots	p. 103
Redistricting	p. 117
Computerized Voting Systems	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 135
Key Election Laws	p. 139
Electoral Votes by State	p. 143
Computerized Voting System Companies	p. 145
Table of Cases	p. 147
Timeline of Electoral Events	p. 151
Glossary	p. 153
Notes	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 201
Index	p. 205
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