References The Background and history -- Suffrage expansion and voting rights -- Term limits -- Ballot fraud and voter fraud -- The Electoral College -- Candidate nominations -- Progressive era reforms -- Low voter turnout -- Election in a crisis -- Legislative apportionment and gerrymandering -- Campaign finance, the Federal Election Campaign Act, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act -- The Help America Vote Act and beyond -- References -- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Electoral mechanics -- Election ballots -- The Electoral College -- Voter turnout -- Early and absentee voting -- Simplifying election forms -- Voting and the disabled -- Mail-ballot elections -- Voting assistance programs -- Public employees -- Representation systems -- At-large elections -- District elections -- Multimember districts -- Proportional representation -- Campaign advertising and the mass media -- Nontraditional voters -- Campaign spending -- References 5. Fred Wertheimer -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Norway -- Poland -- Sweden -- References -- 4. Chronology -- 5. Biographical sketches -- Herbert E. Alexander -- Douglas J. Amy -- Susan Brownell Anthony -- Kathleen L. Barber -- Kimball William Brace -- Richard A. Cloward -- Chandler Davidson -- David L. Dill -- Richard L. Engstrom -- Russ Feingold -- Bernard N. Grofman -- Lani Guinier -- Stanley A. Halpin, Jr. -- Bev Harris -- Paul Jacob -- David B. Magleby -- Michael J. Malbin -- Thomas E. Mann -- John S. McCain, III -- Laughlin McDonald -- Louise Overacker -- Mark P. Petracca -- Richard H. Pildes -- Frances Fox Piven -- Trevor Potter -- Robert "Rob" Richie -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Edward Still -- Fred Wertheimer -- 8. About the author. Campaign finance law -- Public attitudes toward campaign finance laws -- Electoral and voting controversies -- Public attitudes toward the electoral and voting processes -- Major U.S. Supreme Court decisions on campaign finance -- U.S. Supreme Court decisions on political participation -- U.S. Supreme Court decisions on redistricting -- The costs of elections -- Voter turnout and voter registration -- Quotations -- Alternate electoral systems -- Balloting and voting -- Buckley v. Valeo -- Campaign finance and ethics -- Campaign finance reform -- Electoral College -- Money and elections -- Racial gerrymandering -- Redistricting and reapportionment -- Term limits -- Voting rights -- References -- 7. Directory of organizations -- 8. Resources -- Print resources -- Books -- Periodicals -- Nonprint resources -- Videotapes, DVDs, and films -- Databases -- Internet resources -- Glossary - Index -- About the author.
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