Election Fraud Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation

by Alvarez, R. Michael; Hall, Thad E.; Hyde, Susan D.

• ISBN13: 9780815701392
• ISBN10: 081570139X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-15
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

Fair and competitive elections are the bedrock of democratic government. They are essential mechanisms for providing public accountability, transparency, and representation. They give ordinary citizens the opportunity to choose those who govern and to express their views on the critical issues facing their community or nation. Fraud derails this process by preventing voters' voices from being heard. Yet despite its importance, too little is known about election fraud and manipulation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Studying Election Fraud	p. 1
Defining Election Fraud: The United States in Comparative Perspective
Corruption of the Election Process under U.S. Federal Law	p. 21
International Principles for Election Integrity	p. 37
Beyond Election Fraud: Manipulation, Violence, and Foreign Power Intervention	p. 50
Measuring Election Fraud: Learning from Observational Data
Measuring Perceptions of Election Threats: Survey Data from Voters and Elites	p. 71
Caught in the Act: Recent Federal Election Fraud Cases	p. 89
Correlates of Fraud: Studying State Election Fraud Allegations	p. 99
Fraud or Failure? What Incident Reports Reveal about Election Anomalies and Irregularities	p. 112
Identifying and Preventing Signature Fraud on Ballot Measure Petitions	p. 130
Detecting Election Fraud: Techniques and Consequences
The Case of the 2002 General Election	p. 149
Election Forensics: The Second-Digit Benford's Law Test and Recent American Presidential Elections	p. 162
On the Trail of Fraud: Estimating the Flow of Votes between Russia's Elections	p. 182
How International Election Observers Detect and Deter Fraud	p. 201
Unintended Consequences of Election Monitoring	p. 216
Conclusion: Understanding Election Fraud	p. 235
Contributors	p. 243
Index	p. 245
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