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The Way We Vote: The Local Dimension of American Suffrage
Alec C. Ewald
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Description for The Way We Vote: The Local Dimension of American Suffrage
To a degree unique among democracies, the US has always placed responsibility for running national elections in the hands of county, city, and town officials. This book explores the causes and consequences of America's localized voting system, explaining its historical development and its impact on American sovereignty and democratic equality. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
To a degree unique among democracies, the United States has always placed responsibility for running national elections in the hands of county, city, and town officials. ""The Way We Vote"" explores the causes and consequences of America's localized voting system, explaining its historical development and its impact on American popular sovereignty and democratic equality. The book shows that local electoral variation has endured through dramatic changes in American political and constitutional structure, and that such variation is the product of a clear, repeated developmental pattern, not simple neglect or public ignorance. Legal materials, statutes and congressional debates, state constitutional-convention proceedings, ... Read more
To a degree unique among democracies, the United States has always placed responsibility for running national elections in the hands of county, city, and town officials. ""The Way We Vote"" explores the causes and consequences of America's localized voting system, explaining its historical development and its impact on American popular sovereignty and democratic equality. The book shows that local electoral variation has endured through dramatic changes in American political and constitutional structure, and that such variation is the product of a clear, repeated developmental pattern, not simple neglect or public ignorance. Legal materials, statutes and congressional debates, state constitutional-convention proceedings, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826516534
SKU
V9780826516534
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About Alec C. Ewald
Alec C. Ewald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont.
Reviews for The Way We Vote: The Local Dimension of American Suffrage
If you want to know how the United States ended up with the system of elections administration that it has, the best place to look for answers is in this important and highly readable study. - Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College author of The Two Reconstructions