How we vote : innovation in American elections
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How we vote : innovation in American elections
（Public management and change）
Georgetown University Press, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-290) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The idea of voting is simple, but the administration of elections in ways that ensure access and integrity is complex.
In How We Vote, Kathleen Hale and Mitchell Brown explore what is at the heart of our democracy: how elections are run. Election administration determines how ballots are cast and counted, and how jurisdictions try to innovate while also protecting the security of the voting process, as well as how election officials work.
Election officials must work in a difficult intergovernmental environment of constant change and intense partisanship. Voting practices and funding vary from state to state, and multiple government agencies, the judicial system, voting equipment vendors, nonprofit groups, and citizen activists also influence practices and limit change. Despite real challenges and pessimistic media assessments, Hale and Brown demonstrate that election officials are largely successful in their work to facilitate, protect, and evolve the voting process.
Using original data gathered from state and local election officials and policymakers across the United States, Hale and Brown analyze innovations in voter registration, voting options, voter convenience, support for voting in languages other than English, the integrity of the voting process, and voting system technology. The result is a fascinating picture of how we vote now and will vote in the future.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Federal System and the Politics of Election Administration
2. Innovation in Complex Systems
3. Innovations in Administering Voter Registration
4. Catalysts for Convenience Voting
5. Collaboration on Language Assistance
6. Administrative Innovations in Counting Ballots
7. Technology and Security in Election Administration
8. Measurement, Innovation, and Election Administration
Conclusion
Appendix A: List of US Supreme Court and Federal Court Cases
Appendix B: List of Major Federal Laws
Appendix C: Methodology
References
About the Authors
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"