Ballot battles : the history of disputed elections in the United States / Edward B. Foley.

Foley, Edward B.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-466) and index.
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 — Provided by publisher.
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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