Campaign and Election Reform - A Reference Handbook

This handbook provides a sweeping overview of U.S. campaign and election reform efforts, past and present, from the introduction of the secret ballot to touch-screen voting. Emphasizing the major electoral reforms since 2000, this second edition of Campaign and Election Reform investigates the development of the American electoral system from colonial times to the present. It chronicles efforts to expand suffrage, reform campaign financing, and prevent vote fraud, and traces the development of election technology from the paper ballot to the lever voting machine, from the punch-card ballot to the optical-scan and touch-screen systems. The book also explores alternative voting systems, such as preference voting and proportional representation, and compares the U.S. electoral process with the voting systems of selected European democracies. Campaign and Election Reform, Second Edition is essential reading for any citizen who wants to understand the U.S. electoral system, what''s wrong with it, and how it might be fixed.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Ann Strickland, Strickland Ruth Ann, Glenn Utter, Glenn H Utter, Glenn H. Utter, Glenn H./ Strickland Utter, Utter Glenn H.
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2008
• EAN: 9781598840698
• ISBN: 978-1-59884-069-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Contemporary World Issues; Contemporary World Issues (Har; Contemporary World Issues (Har; Contemporary World Issues
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Politics, Law, and Government