1st Edition

Election Administration and the Politics of Voter Access

By Kevin Pallister Copyright 2017
252 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Democratic countries vary widely in the extent to which the administration of the electoral process facilitates voter participation, showing a great deal of variation in everything from voter registration to the casting of ballots. This book is the first systematic study to investigate why it is easier to vote in some democracies than in others. It develops the concept of election... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Election Administration Inclusiveness

3. Electoral Integrity and Inclusiveness in the Americas

4. Guatemala: Raising Obstacles to Voter Participation, 1983-2003

5. Guatemala: Election Administration Reform and Improving Voter Access, 2004-2011

6. Nicaragua: Bringing the Ballot to the People, 1984-1996

7. Nicaragua: The Slow Erosion of Inclusiveness, 2000-2012

8. El Salvador: From Voter Exclusion to Halting Reform

9. Conclusion

List of Interviews

Appendix: Recommendations from International Election Observer Missions

Biography

Kevin Pallister is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bridgewater College, USA. He has worked as an international election observer in Guatemala for the Organization of American States and his work has been published in the journal Latin American Politics and Society and the Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (2015).