An edition of Ballot battles
(2016)
Ballot battles
the history of disputed elections in the United States
by Edward B. Foley
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"The 2000 presidential election, with its problems in Florida, was not the first major vote-counting controversy in the nation's history--nor the last. Ballot Battles traces the evolution of America's experience with these disputes, from 1776 to now, explaining why they have proved persistently troublesome and offering an institutional solution"--
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Table of Contents
Introduction:
Understanding the past for the sake of the future --
Uncertain vote-counting in the founding era --
The novelty of chief executive elections --
The entrenchment of two-party competition --
Counting votes at times of crisis --
Hayes v. Tilden : to the edge of the constitutional cliff --
The gilded age: an era of hypercompetitive elections --
The progressive era : missed opportunities at a time of reform --
America in the middle of its century : a tarnished ideal --
The sixties and their legacy : the rise of democratic expectations --
The eighties and nineties : reemergence of intensified partisanship --
Florida 2000 : avoiding a return to the constitutional brink --
After Bush v. Gore : reinvigorated demand for electoral fairness -- -- Conclusion:
The enduring quest for a fair count.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-466) and index.
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