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Title Rethinking the vote : the politics and prospects of American election reform / [edited by] Ann N. Crigler, Marion R. Just, Edward J. McCaffery.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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 2nd FL Social Science Library Books  JK1976 .R47 2004    Available
Collation xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235- 251) and indexes.
Contents Introduction: a tale of two democracies / Edward J. McCaffery, Ann N. Crigler, and Marion R. Just -- Pt. I. Problems that might need to be fixed. Election reform: the U.S. news media's response to the mistakes of election 2000 / Kathleen A. Frankovic -- Counting ballots and the 2000 election: what went wrong? / R. Michael Alvarez, D.E. "Betsy" Sinclair, and Catherine H. Wilson -- An unrecognized need for ballot reform: the effects of candidate name order on election outcomes / Jon. A. Krosnick, Joanne M. Miller, and Michael P. Tichy -- Empirically evaluating the electoral college / Andrew Gelman, Jonathan N. Katz, and Gary King -- Pt. II. Ways to fix the problem. Bush v. Gore and federalism / Erwin Chemerinsky -- Federal election authority: jurisdiction and mandates / Trevor Potter and Marianne Holt Viray -- Congressional compromise on election reform: a look backward and forward / Jeb Barnes -- Do institutions matter? The consequences of electoral reform for political participation / Pippa Norris -- Pt. III. Should the problem be fixed? Cleavage and consensus: the public and electoral reform / Ann N. Crigler, Marion R. Just, and Tami Buhr -- Why electoral reform has failed: if you build it, will they come? / Michael W. Traugott -- After the storm: the uses, normative implications, and unintended consequences of voting reform research in post-Bush v. Gore equal protection challenges / Richard L. Hasen -- A tale of two worlds / Susan Estrich -- The paradox of mass democracy / Daniel R. Ortiz -- Postscript. Keeping hope alive / Edward J. McCaffery, Marion R. Just, and Ann N. Crigler.
Subject Elections -- United States.
Election law -- United States.
Alt Author Crigler, Ann N.
Just, Marion R.
McCaffery, Edward J.
ISBN 0195159845 (alk. paper)
0195159853 (pbk.)