1st Edition

Building Inclusive Elections

Edited By Toby S. James, Holly Ann Garnett Copyright 2020
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

Elections around the world are plagued with the problem of unequal levels of participation. This can have profound consequences for election results, representation and policies. This book focuses on the interventions that can be used to redress the turnout gap and other inequalities within the electoral process. The book defines the concept of inclusive voting practices to refer to policy... Read more

1. Introduction: the case for inclusive voting practices

Toby S. James and Holly Ann Garnett

2. Restoring voting rights: evidence that reversing felony disenfranchisement increases political efficacy

Victoria Shineman

3. Are inequalities in representation lower under compulsory voting?

Eric Guntermann, Ruth Dassonneville and Peter Miller

4. Conceptualizing more inclusive elections: violence against women in elections and gendered electoral violence

Paige Schneider and David Carroll

5. Electoral integrity, voter fraud and voter ID in polling stations: lessons from English local elections

Toby S. James and Alistair Clark

6. Implementing voter ID: lessons from Missouri, USA

Joseph Anthony and David C. Kimball

7. Waiting to vote: the effect of administrative irregularities at polling locations and voter confidence

Bridgett A. King

8. Disability and election administration in the United States: barriers and improvements

April A. Johnson and Sierra Powell

9. Migrant populations and external voting: the politics of suffrage expansion in Central America

Kevin Pallister

10. Inclusive voting practices: lessons for theory, praxis, and the future research agenda

Toby S. James and Holly Ann Garnett

Biography

Toby S. James is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. He has published widely on electoral integrity, political leadership and the policy process. His books include Elite Statecraft and Election Administration (2012) and Comparative Electoral Management (2020). He is a co-convener of the global Electoral Management Network.

Holly Ann Garnett is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Royal Military College of Canada and cross-appointed at Queen’s University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Her research examines how electoral integrity can be strengthened throughout the electoral cycle, including electoral management, registration and voting procedures, election technology, civic literacy and campaign finance. She is a co-convener of the global Electoral Management Network.