1st Edition
Helping America Vote The Limits of Election Reform
1. Introduction: The Context of Election Reform 2. How Does Definition of the Problem Affect the Solution? 3. Did the Reforms Increase Accuracy? 4. At What Cost? The Unintended Consequences of Reform 5. We Mostly Eliminated the Butterfly Ballot…Isn’t That Enough? 6. Defining the Problem in Human Terms: Who Implements Reform? 7. What Have Reforms Accomplished?
Biography
Martha Kropf is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina–Charlotte.
David C. Kimball is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
"Helping America Vote is an excellent entry for the Controversies series. The authors’ emphasis on ‘the change you make depends on how you perceive the problem’ is a very good one; it not only gives a focus to the book, but by itself it will be a lesson to students who read it."
—Richard Niemi, University of Rochester"This is an impressive work—a valuable summary and evaluation of election reform efforts following the 2000 Presidential election, covering costs as well as intended benefits. While reporting original research, the authors have produced an accessible document that will be of use to policy makers and administrators as well as to researchers and students."
—Robert Sabin Montjoy, The University of New Orleans
