Counting votes : lessons from the 2000 presidential election in Florida

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Counting votes : lessons from the 2000 presidential election in Florida

edited by Robert P. Watson

University Press of Florida, c2004

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-292) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This behind-the-scenes assessment of the 2000 presidential election dissects the challenging task of running an election and examines fundamental issues about fairness and equality, presenting a strong case for the need to reform elections in Florida and nationwide. The book features the insights and experiences of local election and political party officials in Florida involved in the 2000 election and essays by advocates of election reform and noted political scientists.

目次

  • Foreword: Let Every Voice Be Heard, Let Every Vote Be Counted, by Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters
  • 1. The State of Elections: People, Politics, and Problems, by Robert P. Walson
  • Part 1. The Florida Election Controversy
  • 2. The Election, Miami, and the Recount, by Thomas R. Spencer
  • 3. Some Things Are Not Meant to Be: The Florida Controversy and the Vote Recount by Mitchell Ceasor
  • 4. Public Information: Dealing with the Media in an Election Crists, by Gisela Salas
  • Part 2. Running an Election
  • 5. Running an Election and the Work of the Elections Office
  • 6. A Look at Voting Machines and Voting Systems
  • 7. The Role of Grassroots Organizing and the Political Party in Elections, by Mark Hoch
  • 8. Candidates, Parties, and Local Election Politics, by Cathy Dubin
  • Part 3. Voting Systems and Problems
  • 9. Voting Technology and Voting Access in Twenty-first-Century America, by C. Green, Rhonda S. Kinney, and Jason Mitchell
  • 10. Balancing Competing Interests: Voting Equipment in Presidential Elections, by Marthn E. Kropf and Stephen Knack
  • 11. Unrecorded Votes and Political Representation, by David C. Kimball, Chris Owens, and Katherine McAndrew Keeney
  • Part 4. The Electoral College Reconsidered
  • 12. The 2000 Presidential Election: Is There a Better Way of Determining the Election Outcome? by Jim Corey
  • 13. The Electoral College: Political Advantage, the Small States, and Implications for Reform, by Glenn W. Rainey Jr.
  • 14. Electoral College Reform at the State Level: Choices and Trade-Offs, by Paul D. Schumaker and Bruce L Oppenhelmer
  • Part 5. Election Reform
  • 15. The Elusive Promise of Democratic Elections? by Victoria A. Farrar-Myers
  • 16. The Fiasco in Florida: Ferille Ground for Election Reform, by Blair Bobier
  • 17. Is Election Reform Necessary? Yes

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