Ballot battles : the history of disputed elections in the United States / Edward B. Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foley, Edward, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Corrupt practices--United States--History.

Elections.

Election monitoring--United States--History.

Election monitoring.

Political corruption--United States--History.

Political corruption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The 2000 presidential election, with its problems in Florida, was not the first major vote-counting controversy in the nation's history--nor the last. Ballot Battles traces the evolution of America's experience with these disputes, from 1776 to now, explaining why they have proved persistently troublesome and offering an institutional solution"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgments

Prologue: The Missing Institution of Impartiality

Introduction: Understanding the Past for the Sake of the Future

Chapter One: Uncertain Vote-Counting in the Founding Era

Chapter Two: The Novelty of Chief Executive Elections

Chapter Three: The Entrenchment of Two-Party Competition

Chapter Four: Counting Votes at Times of Crisis

Chapter Five: Hayes-Tilden: To the Edge of the Constitutional Cliff

Chapter Six: The Gilded Age: An Era of Hypercompetitive Elections

Chapter Seven: The Progressive Era: Missed Opportunities at a Time of Reform

Chapter Eight: America in the Middle of its Century: A Tarnished Ideal

Chapter Nine: The Sixties and Their Legacy: The Rise of Democratic Expectations

Chapter Ten: The Eighties and Nineties: Reemergence of Intensified Partisanship

Chapter Eleven: Florida 2000: Avoiding a Return to the Constitutional Brink

Chapter Twelve: After Bush v. Gore: Reinvigorated Demand for Electoral Fairness

Conclusion: The Enduring Quest for a Fair Count

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-023529-2

0-19-023528-4

OCLC:

935258908