The measure of American elections / edited by Barry C. Burden, Charles Stewart III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burden, Barry C., 1971- editor.

Stewart, Charles Haines, editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in election law and democracy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--United States.

Elections.

Management.

United States.

Elections--United States--Management.

Voting--United States.

Voting.

Elections--Management.

Physical Description:

xix, 362 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"Policymaking in the realm of elections is too often grounded in anecdotes and opinions, rather than in good data and scientific research. To remedy this, The Measure of American Elections brings together a dozen leading scholars to examine the performance of elections across the United States, using a data-driven perspective. This book represents a transformation in debates about election reform, away from partisan and ideological posturing, toward using scientific analysis to evaluate the conduct of contemporary elections. The authors harness the power of newly available data to document all aspects of election administration, ranging from the registration of voters to the counting of ballots. They demonstrate what can be learned from giving serious attention to data, measurement, and objective analysis of American elections"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction to the measure of American elections / Barry C. Burden and Charles Stewart, III

Registration and voting : a view from the top / Barry C. Burden

Voter registration : the process and quality of lists / Stephen Ansolabehere and Eitan Hersh

Provisional ballots / Michael J. Hanmer and Paul S. Herrnson

Mail ballots in the United States : policy choice and administrative challenge / Christopher B. Mann

Voting from abroad : evaluating UOCAVA voting / Thad E. Hall

Polling place practices and the voting experience / Robert M. Stein and Gregg Vonnahme

Disability and election policies and practices / Lisa Schur and Douglas Kruse

The performance of election machines and the decline of residual votes in the United States / Charles Stewart III

Voter confidence as a metric of election performance / Paul Gronke

Election data transparency / Lonna Rae Atkeson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107066670

1107066670

9781107699915

1107699916

OCLC:

870211333