Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot

by Paul Herrnson, Michael W. Traugott, Benjamin B. Bederson, et al.

Book Overview

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Voting difficulties hung over America's presidential election in 2000 like a dark cloud. Hanging chads, a butterfly ballot, and the Supreme Court remain the most vivid memories of that political donnybrook. Passage of 2002's Help America Vote Act sparked further interest in the physical process of casting a ballot, yet several recent contests still produced confusion at the polls. A solution to at least some of those problems may be found in new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815735634
• ISBN13: 9780815735632
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"