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Election fraud [electronic resource] : detecting and deterring electoral manipulation / R. Michael Alvarez, Thad E. Hall, Susan D. Hyde, editors.

Contributor(s): Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964- | Hall, Thad E. (Thad Edward), 1968- | Hyde, Susan D | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008Description: xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Prevention | Ballot -- Security measures -- United States | Elections -- Corrupt practices -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 324.6/60973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Corruption of the election process under U.S. federal law / Craig C. Donsanto -- International principles for election integrity / Thad E. Hall and Tova Andrea Wang -- Beyond election fraud : manipulation, violence, and foreign power intervention / Gamze Çavdar -- Measuring perceptions of election threats : survey data from voters and elites / R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall -- Caught in the act: recent federal election fraud cases / Delia Bailey -- Correlates of fraud : studying state election fraud allegations / R. Michael Alvarez and Frederick J. Boehmke -- Fraud or failure? what incident reports reveal about election anomalies and irregularities / D. Roderick Kiewiet ... [et al.] -- Identifying and preventing signature fraud on ballot measure petitions / Todd Donovan and Daniel A. Smith -- The case of the 2002 general election / R. Michael Alvarez and Jonathan N. Katz -- Election forensics : the second-digit Benford's law test and recent American presidential elections / Walter R. Mebane Jr -- On the trail of fraud : estimating the flow of votes between Russia's elections / Mikhail Myagkov, Peter C. Ordeshook, and Dimitry Shaikin -- How international election observers detect and deter fraud / Susan D. Hyde -- Unintended consequences of election monitoring / Alberto Simpser.
Summary: "Brings together experts on election law, election administration, and U.S. and comparative politics to examine the U.S. understanding of election fraud. With survey data, incident reports, and state-collected fraud allegations, measures the extent and nature of election fraud in U.S. Analyzes techniques for detecting and potentially deterring fraud"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Corruption of the election process under U.S. federal law / Craig C. Donsanto -- International principles for election integrity / Thad E. Hall and Tova Andrea Wang -- Beyond election fraud : manipulation, violence, and foreign power intervention / Gamze Çavdar -- Measuring perceptions of election threats : survey data from voters and elites / R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall -- Caught in the act: recent federal election fraud cases / Delia Bailey -- Correlates of fraud : studying state election fraud allegations / R. Michael Alvarez and Frederick J. Boehmke -- Fraud or failure? what incident reports reveal about election anomalies and irregularities / D. Roderick Kiewiet ... [et al.] -- Identifying and preventing signature fraud on ballot measure petitions / Todd Donovan and Daniel A. Smith -- The case of the 2002 general election / R. Michael Alvarez and Jonathan N. Katz -- Election forensics : the second-digit Benford's law test and recent American presidential elections / Walter R. Mebane Jr -- On the trail of fraud : estimating the flow of votes between Russia's elections / Mikhail Myagkov, Peter C. Ordeshook, and Dimitry Shaikin -- How international election observers detect and deter fraud / Susan D. Hyde -- Unintended consequences of election monitoring / Alberto Simpser.

"Brings together experts on election law, election administration, and U.S. and comparative politics to examine the U.S. understanding of election fraud. With survey data, incident reports, and state-collected fraud allegations, measures the extent and nature of election fraud in U.S. Analyzes techniques for detecting and potentially deterring fraud"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.