Helping America Vote - The Limits of Election Reform (Hardcover)

A repeat of the Florida debacle in the 2000 presidential election is the fear of every election administrator and scholar of U.S. elections. Despite the relatively complication-free 2008 election, we are working with fairly new federal legislation designed to ease election administration problems. The implementation of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) raises the question, how effective have reforms been? Could another Florida happen? Helping America Vote is focused on the conflict between values of access and integrity in U.S. election administration. Kropf and Kimball examine both what was included in HAVA, and what was not. There are specific issues that the legislation de-emphasizes which the authors argue are important. Widespread agreement that voting equipment was a problem made technology the centerpiece of the legislation, and it has remedied a number of pressing concerns. But, there is still reason to be concerned about key aspects of electronic voting, ballot design, and the politics of partisan administrators. It takes a legitimacy crisis for serious election reforms to happen at the federal level, and seemingly, the crisis has passed. However, the risk is still very much present for the electoral process to fail. What are the implications for democracy when we attempt reform? Our lack of attention to ballots and administrative structures could cause another legitimacy crisis.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	2012
Authors:	Martha Kropf • David C. Kimball
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	158
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-80407-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Elections & referenda
LSN:	0-415-80407-8
Barcode:	9780415804073

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