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The History and Politics of Voting Technology : In Quest of Integrity and Public Confidence / by R. Saltman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saltman, Roy G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Political science.
- Elections.
- European Politics.
- Political Science.
- Electoral Politics.
- Local Subjects:
- European Politics.
- Political Science.
- Electoral Politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA, from voice to digital, highlighting how the antiquated systems in use today are a legacy of the industrial revolution of the Nineteenth-century and the early computer revolution of the 1950s and analyses the current day situation.
- Contents:
- 1. The 2000 presidential election in Florida : the family secret is exposed
- 2. From the revolution to the Civil War : consent of the governed and the election clause
- 3. The late nineteenth centaury : struggling with corruption and fraud
- 4. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : mechanization and political reforms
- 5. The middle and late twentieth centaury : movements for equality, enfranchisement, and voting facilitation
- 6. The middle and late twentieth century : election administration and computing technology
- 7. The great awakening after Florida, through July 2005.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611367978
- 9781281367976
- 1281367974
- 9781403977212
- 1403977216
- OCLC:
- 123538070
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