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Electronic Elections : The Perils and Promises of Digital Democracy / Thad E. Hall, R. Michael Alvarez.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (256 p.) : 11 line illus. 19 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691125176
  • 9781400834082
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.650973
LOC classification:
  • JK1961
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1. What This Book Is About -- CHAPTER 2. Paper Problems, Electronic Promises -- CHAPTER 3. Criticisms of Electronic Voting -- CHAPTER 4. The Frame Game -- CHAPTER 5. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back -- CHAPTER 6. The Performance of the Machines -- CHAPTER 7. Public Acceptance of Electronic Voting -- CHAPTER 8. A New Paradigm for Assessing Voting Technologies -- CHAPTER 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Since the 2000 presidential election, the United States has been embroiled in debates about electronic voting. Critics say the new technologies invite tampering and fraud. Advocates say they enhance the accuracy of vote counts and make casting ballots easier--and ultimately foster greater political participation. Electronic Elections cuts through the media spin to assess the advantages and risks associated with different ways of casting ballots--and shows how e-voting can be the future of American democracy. Elections by nature are fraught with risk. Michael Alvarez and Thad Hall fully examine the range of past methods and the new technologies that have been created to try to minimize risk and accurately reflect the will of voters. Drawing upon a wealth of new data on how different kinds of electronic voting machines have performed in recent elections nationwide, they evaluate the security issues that have been the subject of so much media attention, and examine the impacts the new computer-based solutions is having on voter participation. Alvarez and Hall explain why the benefits of e-voting can outweigh the challenges, and they argue that media coverage of the new technologies has emphasized their problems while virtually ignoring their enormous potential for empowering more citizens to vote. The authors also offer ways to improve voting technologies and to develop more effective means of implementing and evaluating these systems. Electronic Elections makes a case for how e-voting can work in the United States, showing why making it work right is essential to the future vibrancy of the democratic process.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1. What This Book Is About -- CHAPTER 2. Paper Problems, Electronic Promises -- CHAPTER 3. Criticisms of Electronic Voting -- CHAPTER 4. The Frame Game -- CHAPTER 5. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back -- CHAPTER 6. The Performance of the Machines -- CHAPTER 7. Public Acceptance of Electronic Voting -- CHAPTER 8. A New Paradigm for Assessing Voting Technologies -- CHAPTER 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Since the 2000 presidential election, the United States has been embroiled in debates about electronic voting. Critics say the new technologies invite tampering and fraud. Advocates say they enhance the accuracy of vote counts and make casting ballots easier--and ultimately foster greater political participation. Electronic Elections cuts through the media spin to assess the advantages and risks associated with different ways of casting ballots--and shows how e-voting can be the future of American democracy. Elections by nature are fraught with risk. Michael Alvarez and Thad Hall fully examine the range of past methods and the new technologies that have been created to try to minimize risk and accurately reflect the will of voters. Drawing upon a wealth of new data on how different kinds of electronic voting machines have performed in recent elections nationwide, they evaluate the security issues that have been the subject of so much media attention, and examine the impacts the new computer-based solutions is having on voter participation. Alvarez and Hall explain why the benefits of e-voting can outweigh the challenges, and they argue that media coverage of the new technologies has emphasized their problems while virtually ignoring their enormous potential for empowering more citizens to vote. The authors also offer ways to improve voting technologies and to develop more effective means of implementing and evaluating these systems. Electronic Elections makes a case for how e-voting can work in the United States, showing why making it work right is essential to the future vibrancy of the democratic process.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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