Stealing elections : how voter fraud threatens our democracy / John Fund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fund, John H., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Corrupt practices--United States.

Elections.

Elections--Corrupt practices.

United States.

Political corruption--United States.

Political corruption.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

vii, 173 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Encounter Books, 2004.

Summary:

In Stealing Elections, John Fund takes the reader on a national tour of voter fraud scandals ranging from rural states like Texas and Mississippi to big cities like Philadelphia and Milwaukee. He explores dark episodes such as the way "vote brokers" stole a mayoral election in Miami in 1998 by tampering with 4,700 absentee ballots. He reveals how, in the aftermath of the "Motor Voter Law" of 1993, Californians used mail-in forms to get absentee ballots for fictitious people and pets. Stealing Elections gives us a chilling portrait of our electoral vulnerability. Writing with urgency and authority, John Fund shows how a lethal combination of bureaucratic bungling and ballot rigging have put our democracy at risk.

Contents:

Democracy imperiled

A conflict of visions

The myth of the stolen election

Voters without borders

Politically active after death

The ghost of LBJ

Election reservations

Tropical Tammany

High-tech voting

Where do we go from here?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index.

ISBN:

1594030618

OCLC:

56324716