Law and election politics : the rules of the game

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Streb, Matthew J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge , c2013
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Campaign finance law: the changing role of parties and interest groups
  • 2. Public financing of elections: past, present, and future
  • 3. The internet: the promise of democratization of American politics
  • 4. Voting machines: the question of equal protection
  • 5. Voter identification laws: the controversy over voter fraud
  • 6. Early voting: the quiet revolution in American elections
  • 7. Recounts: elections in overtime
  • 8. Direct democracy: regulating the "will of the people"
  • 9. Political parties and primaries: the tension between free association and the right to vote
  • 10. Third parties: how American election law and institutions cripple third parties
  • 11. Redistricting: racial and partisan issues past and present
  • 12. Judicial elections: just like any other election?