Election fraud
Subtitle: detecting and deterring electoral manipulation
By: R. Michael Alvarez, Thad E. Hall, Susan D. Hyde, editors.
Contributors: Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964-; Hall, Thad E. 1968-; Hyde, Susan D.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780815701385; 9780815701392
Subjects: Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Prevention; Ballot -- Security measures -- United States; Elections -- Corrupt practices -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Brings together experts on election law, election administration, and U.S. and comparative politics to examine the U.S. understanding of election fraud. With survey data, incident reports, and state-collected fraud allegations, measures the extent and nature of election fraud in U.S. Analyzes techniques for detecting and potentially deterring fraud"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Corruption of the election process under U.S. federal law / Craig Donsanto; title: International principles for election integrity / Thad E. Hall and Tova Wang; title: Beyond election fraud : manipulation, violence, and foreign power intervention / Gamze Cavdar; title: Measuring perceptions of election threats : survey data from voters and elites / R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall; title: Caught in the act: recent federal election fraud cases / Delia Bailey; title: Correlates of fraud : studying state election fraud allegations / R. Michael Alvarez and Frederick J. Boehmke; title: Fraud or failure? : what incident reports reveal about election anomalies and irregularities / D. Roderick Kiewiet ... [et al.]; title: Identifying and preventing signature fraud on ballot measure petitions / Todd Donovan and Daniel A. Smith; title: The case of the 2002 general election / R. Michael Alvarez and Jonathan N. Katz; title: Election forensics : the second-digit Benford's law test and recent American presidential elections / Walter R. Mebane Jr; title: On the trail of fraud : estimating the flow of votes between Russia's elections / Misha Myagkov, Peter C. Ordeshook, and Dimitry Shaikin; title: How international election observers detect and deter fraud / Susan D. Hyde; title: Unintended consequences of election monitoring / Alberto Simpser.