Unrigging American Elections

This critical and systematic analysis of election reforms post-HAVA (Help America Vote Act of 2002) offers a detailed look ahead at the significant challenges that remain in the context of a new presidential administration. Employing a mixed methodological approach, this book analyzes the biggest election challenges faced by voters and election administrators in the areas of voter registration, polling place and non-polling place voting, election administration personnel, and voting technology. Within the framework of the competing values of integrity and access, this book fills a crucial gap in the existing literature by analyzing the impact of election reform wins and losses. The book concludes with a promising agenda for the future of election reform and the political considerations that will be brought to bear on that agenda.

Provides a broad sense of the overall breadth of election reform implementation Examines diverse geographic and demographic characteristics through case studies including (though not limited to) North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and California Conducts elite interviews with key stakeholders from these key states to provide a fuller examination of political and partisan factors that shape reform efforts

Auteur
Dari Sylvester Tran is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, USA, where she specializes in public policy with an emphasis on election administration. Her published work has appeared in Election Law Journal, Social Justice, State and Local Government Review, and several edited volumes.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Whither Election Rigging The Puzzle of Election Reform.- 2. Election Day Breakdowns in the 21st Century: Voting Landscape and Integrity vs. Access .- 3. Voter Registration.- 4. Polling Place and Non-Polling Place Voting .- 5. Personnel.- 6. Voting Technology.- 7. Whither Election Rigging Revisited.