Unrigging American Elections: Reform Past and Prologue

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This critical and systematic analysis of election reforms post-HAVA (Help America Vote Act of 2002) offers a detailed look ahead at the significant challenges that remain in the context of a new presidential administration. Employing a mixed methodological approach, this book analyzes the biggest election challenges faced by voters and election administrators in the areas of voter registration, polling place and non-polling place voting, election administration personnel, and voting technology. Within the framework of the competing values of integrity and access, this book fills a crucial gap in the existing literature by analyzing the impact of election reform wins and losses. The book concludes with a promising agenda for the future of election reform and the political considerations that will be brought to bear on that agenda. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Whither Election Rigging: The Puzzle of Election Reform (Dari Sylvester Tran)....Pages 3-16 Election Day Breakdowns in the Twenty-First Century: Voting Landscape and Integrity vs. Access (Dari Sylvester Tran)....Pages 17-34 Front Matter ....Pages 35-35 Voter Registration (Dari Sylvester Tran)....Pages 37-68 Polling Place and Non-polling Place Voting (Dari Sylvester Tran)....Pages 69-91 Personnel (Dari Sylvester Tran)....Pages 93-126 Voting Technology (Dari Sylvester Tran)....Pages 127-149 Whither Election Rigging Revisited (Dari Sylvester Tran)....Pages 151-176 Back Matter ....Pages 177-205