Election Process Revisited de Neal Avaliktos

Election Process Revisited

Neal Avaliktos

Elections seem to be constantly being reformed be it electronic voting systems, soft money laws, internet voting ad nauseam. Reforms and changes are essential to both keep up with technology and to pretend that the playing field is level even though it is quite clear to seasoned observes that the so called reforms in most cases are only window dressing for preserving the overwhelming edge for incumbents and the super-wealthy. This new book presents detailed analyses of the latest reforms and laws.

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CONTENTS: Preface; Elections Reform: Overview and Issues; Election Projections: First Amendment Issues; Election of the President and Vice-President by Congress: Contingent Election; Congressional Authority to Standardize National Election Procedures; Campaign Finance Reform: Constitutional Issues Raised by Disclosure Requirements; Campaign Financing: Highlights and Chronology of Current Federal Law; Campaign Finance Reform: A Legal Analysis of Issue and Express Advocacy; Campaign Finance in the 2000 Federal Elections: Overview and Estimates of the Flow of Money; Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money; Soft and Hard Money in Contemporary Elections: What Federal Law Does and Does Not Regulate; Campaign Finance Reforms: A Legal Analysis of Issue and Express Advocacy; Campaign Financing; The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections; The Electoral College: Reforms Proposals; Business and Labor Spending in US Elections; Bipartisan Campaign Reforms Act of 2002: Summary and Comparison with Existing Law; The Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act: Background and Issues; Internet Voting; Election Reform and Electronic Voting System (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues; Index.