Kathleen Hale

Administering Elections: How American Elections Work - Elections, Voting, Technology Kathleen Hale 1st ed. 2015 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Administering Elections provides a digest of contemporary American election administration using a systems perspective. This provides insight into the interconnected nature of all components of elections administration, and sheds like on the potential consequences of reforms that fail to account for this--; Provided by publisher. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction2. Understanding Election Administration as a System3. The Structure of Election Administration at the State and Local Levels4. The Evolving Federal Role in Election Administration5. The Legal Framework of Election Administration in the Modern Era6. Pluralism, Participation, and Third-party Groups7. State Innovation in Election Administration8. Continuing Challenges in Election Administration9. Appendix Biographical Note: Kathleen Hale is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the MPA Program and Graduate Certificate in Election Administration at Auburn University, USA. Her scholarship focuses on intergovernmental relations, election administration, and the role of professional associations. She serves on the Election Center's Board of Directors and directs the Auburn University faculty in the Election Center's CERA Program. Robert Montjoy is University Research Professor and J. M. Deblois Chair, University of New Orleans, USA; and Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, USA. His involvement in election administration includes both research and practice working with and learning from elections officials. He serves on the Election Center's Board of Directors and is an instructor in the Election Center's CERA Program. Mitchell Brown is Associate Professor of Political Science and PhD Program Director at Auburn University, USA. Her scholarship focuses on empowerment processes for marginalized groups, including electoral strategies, and program evaluation for public and nonprofit organizations. She is an instructor in the Election Center's CERA program."Publisher Marketing: Since the 2000 presidential election, attention to and scholarship about American elections have exploded alongside myriad proposals for election reform. This book provides a framework for a broader understanding of this critical dimension of American democracy by providing a digest and analysis of contemporary American election administration practices. Using a systems perspective, the authors provide policymakers, election officials, candidates, observers, and scholars with insight about the interconnected nature of election administration reforms as well as insight about the institutional and legal constraints that influence election administration systems. A central feature of their approach is attention to the ways in which unintended consequences of changes in one part of a system can ripple through other parts. The book pulls together the vast array of changes that have occurred in federal and state law and administrative practice since 2000 including the range of variation in state and local practices on many current election administration questions.

Contributor Bio:  Hale, Kathleen Kathleen Hale was born and raised in Wisconsin. She graduated from Harvard in 2010. This is her first novel. Contributor Bio:  Hall, Thad E Thad E. Hall is an Associate Professor of Political Science and a Research Fellow at the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Utah. He has authored or coauthored three books - Point, Click, and Vote: The Future of Internet Voting, Electronic Elections: The Perils and Promise of Digital Democracy and Authorizing Policy - and coedited the book Election Fraud: Detecting and Preventing Electoral Manipulation. He has written more than 20 articles and book chapters examining various aspects of public policy.