Discount Voting - Voter Registration Reforms and Their Effects

Klappentext This book demonstrates that the effect of registration laws is not as profound as either reformers would hope or previous studies suggest. Zusammenfassung In this book Michael Hanmer's research! which considers the social and political context of voter registration laws! demonstrates that the effect of registration laws is not as profound as either reformers would hope or previous studies suggest! especially when reform is a response to federal legislation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Motivation and a new theoretical framework; 2. The purposeful adoption of election day registration; 3. Election day registration by choice and by federal mandate; 4. Motor voter by choice and by federal mandate; 5. Registration and voting in the post NVRA era; 6. Election reform and the composition of the electorate; 7. EDR on the ground and prospects for the future; Appendices.

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• Authors: Michael J. Hanmer, Michael J. (University of Maryland Hanmer, Hanmer Michael J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107406124
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40612-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Election law, Elections and referenda / suffrage