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- Summary
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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"--
- "The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the only American election determined by a handful of votes and marred by claims of fraud. Since the founding of the nation, violence frequently erupted as the votes were being counted, and more than a few elections produced manifestly unfair results. Despite America's claim to be the world's greatest democracy, its adherence to the basic tenets of democratic elections-the ability to count ballots accurately and fairly even when the stakes are high-has always been shaky. A rigged gubernatorial election in New York in 1792 nearly ended in calls for another revolution, and an 1899 gubernatorial race even resulted in an assassination. Though acts of violence have decreased in frequency over the past century, fairness and accuracy in ballot counting nonetheless remains a basic problem in American political life. In Ballot Battles, Edward Foley presents a sweeping history of election controversies in the United States, tracing how their evolution generated legal precedents that ultimately transformed how we determine who wins and who loses. While weaving a narrative spanning over two centuries, Foley repeatedly returns to an originating event: because the Founding Fathers despised parties and never envisioned the emergence of a party system, they wrote a constitution that did not provide clear solutions for high-stakes and highly-contested elections in which two parties could pool resources against one another. Moreover, in the American political system that actually developed, politicians are beholden to the parties which they represent - and elected officials have typically had an outsized say in determining the outcomes of extremely close elections that involve recounts. This underlying structural problem, more than anything else, explains why intense ballot battles that leave one side feeling aggrieved will continue to occur for the foreseeable future. American democracy has improved dramatically over the last two centuries. But the same cannot be said for the ways in which we determine who wins the very close races. From the founding until today, there has been little progress toward fixing the problem. Indeed, supporters of John Jay in 1792 and opponents of Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Texas Senate race would find it easy to commiserate with Al Gore after the 2000 election. Ballot Battles is not only the first full chronicle of contested elections in the US. It also provides a powerful explanation of why the American election system has been-and remains-so ineffective at deciding the tightest races in a way that all sides will agree is fair."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 479 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Prologue:The
- missing institution of impartiality
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780190235277
- Label
- Ballot battles : the history of disputed elections in the United States
- Title
- Ballot battles
- Title remainder
- the history of disputed elections in the United States
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward B. Foley
- Subject
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- Contested elections -- United States
- Election law
- Election law -- United States
- Elections -- Corrupt practices
- Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- History
- Korruption
- Contested elections
- LAW -- Legal History
- USA
- United States
- Wahl
- Wahlauswertung
- Wahlbeobachtung
- Wahlrecht
- LAW -- Election Law
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "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"--
- "The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the only American election determined by a handful of votes and marred by claims of fraud. Since the founding of the nation, violence frequently erupted as the votes were being counted, and more than a few elections produced manifestly unfair results. Despite America's claim to be the world's greatest democracy, its adherence to the basic tenets of democratic elections-the ability to count ballots accurately and fairly even when the stakes are high-has always been shaky. A rigged gubernatorial election in New York in 1792 nearly ended in calls for another revolution, and an 1899 gubernatorial race even resulted in an assassination. Though acts of violence have decreased in frequency over the past century, fairness and accuracy in ballot counting nonetheless remains a basic problem in American political life. In Ballot Battles, Edward Foley presents a sweeping history of election controversies in the United States, tracing how their evolution generated legal precedents that ultimately transformed how we determine who wins and who loses. While weaving a narrative spanning over two centuries, Foley repeatedly returns to an originating event: because the Founding Fathers despised parties and never envisioned the emergence of a party system, they wrote a constitution that did not provide clear solutions for high-stakes and highly-contested elections in which two parties could pool resources against one another. Moreover, in the American political system that actually developed, politicians are beholden to the parties which they represent - and elected officials have typically had an outsized say in determining the outcomes of extremely close elections that involve recounts. This underlying structural problem, more than anything else, explains why intense ballot battles that leave one side feeling aggrieved will continue to occur for the foreseeable future. American democracy has improved dramatically over the last two centuries. But the same cannot be said for the ways in which we determine who wins the very close races. From the founding until today, there has been little progress toward fixing the problem. Indeed, supporters of John Jay in 1792 and opponents of Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Texas Senate race would find it easy to commiserate with Al Gore after the 2000 election. Ballot Battles is not only the first full chronicle of contested elections in the US. It also provides a powerful explanation of why the American election system has been-and remains-so ineffective at deciding the tightest races in a way that all sides will agree is fair."--Publisher's description
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- Foley, Edward B
- Dewey number
- 324.973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JK1994
- LC item number
- .F65 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Elections
- Contested elections
- Election law
- HISTORY
- LAW
- LAW
- Contested elections
- Election law
- Elections
- United States
- Korruption
- Wahl
- Wahlauswertung
- Wahlbeobachtung
- Wahlrecht
- USA
- Label
- Ballot battles : the history of disputed elections in the United States, Edward B. Foley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-466) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- Prologue:The
- missing institution of impartiality
- 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
- Control code
- ocn920551583
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 479 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190235277
- Lccn
- 2015025434
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40025574529
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780190235277
- (OCoLC)920551583
- Label
- Ballot battles : the history of disputed elections in the United States, Edward B. Foley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-466) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- Prologue:The
- missing institution of impartiality
- 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
- Control code
- ocn920551583
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 479 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190235277
- Lccn
- 2015025434
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025574529
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780190235277
- (OCoLC)920551583
Subject
- Contested elections -- United States
- Election law
- Election law -- United States
- Elections -- Corrupt practices
- Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- History
- Korruption
- Contested elections
- LAW -- Legal History
- USA
- United States
- Wahl
- Wahlauswertung
- Wahlbeobachtung
- Wahlrecht
- LAW -- Election Law
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