The Future of Election Administration [electronic resource] /
Brown, Mitchell.editor.
Hale, Kathleen.editor.
King, Bridgett A.editor.
Stakeholders in the operation of American elections are keenly focused on policy reform, resource allocation, administrative professionalism, voter access and accessibility, equipment security, and system integrity. The Future of Election Administration is an edited volume that gathers the perspectives of today’s most forward-thinking practitioners and experts of policy, advocacy, and research about the importance of particular election practices, the professional and operational challenges that election administrators and voter registrars face, and emerging issues in the field. Through its combination of multiple perspectives to describe, analyze, and anticipate key dynamics and dilemmas as well as its emphasis on the practical aspects of administration, this book makes a unique contribution to the election administration literature.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Federal Response and New Considerations for Election Administration -- 3. Parties and Politics: The Evolution of Election Administration -- 4. Accessible and Secure: Improving Voter Confidence by Protecting the Right to Vote -- 5. Challenges in Voter Registration -- 6. Polling Place Quality and Access -- 7. The Evolution of Professionalism in the Field of Election Administration -- 8. The Elections Performance Index: Past, Present, and Future -- 9. Building Terminology in the Field -- 10. Diversity and Descriptive Representation in Election Administration -- 11. Election Costs: A Study of North Carolina -- 12. The Role of Election Vendors in Election Administration -- 13. Election Integrity in Ensuring Accuracy -- 14. Election Security: Increasing Election Integrity by Improving Cyber Security -- 15. Election Audits -- 16. Election Cyber-security -- 17. Special Elections Costs: Filling Legislative and Congressional Vacancies -- 18. Increasing Confidence in International Elections -- 19. Conclusion.
Stakeholders in the operation of American elections are keenly focused on policy reform, resource allocation, administrative professionalism, voter access and accessibility, equipment security, and system integrity. The Future of Election Administration is an edited volume that gathers the perspectives of today’s most forward-thinking practitioners and experts of policy, advocacy, and research about the importance of particular election practices, the professional and operational challenges that election administrators and voter registrars face, and emerging issues in the field. Through its combination of multiple perspectives to describe, analyze, and anticipate key dynamics and dilemmas as well as its emphasis on the practical aspects of administration, this book makes a unique contribution to the election administration literature.
Political science.
United States—Politics and government.
Public administration.
Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.
US Politics.
Public Administration.
Governance and Government.