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Lorraine C. Minnite - The Myth of Voter Fraud - 9780801448485 - V9780801448485
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The Myth of Voter Fraud

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Description for The Myth of Voter Fraud Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.

Allegations that widespread voter fraud is threatening to the integrity of American elections and American democracy itself have intensified since the disputed 2000 presidential election. The claim that elections are being stolen by illegal immigrants and unscrupulous voter registration activists and vote buyers has been used to persuade the public that voter malfeasance is of greater concern than structural inequities in the ways votes are gathered and tallied, justifying ever tighter restrictions on access to the polls. Yet, that claim is a myth.

In The Myth of Voter Fraud, Lorraine C. Minnite presents the results of ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
606g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801448485
SKU
V9780801448485
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About Lorraine C. Minnite
Lorraine C. Minnite is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College and a Senior Fellow at Demos. She is coauthor of Keeping Down the Black Vote: Race and the Demobilization of American Voters.

Reviews for The Myth of Voter Fraud
Minnite argues persuasively that instances of people fraudulently voting in the US are rare. She makes a compelling case that the vast majority of non-legitimate registrations are innocent errors, that only a small number of individuals illegitimately registered actually cast ballots, and that only an even smaller number of these illegitimate ballots are counted. Using game theory, she suggests that ... Read more

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