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Ballot Battles : A History Of Disputed Elections
Hardback Edition: 1
The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the only American election determined by a handful of votes and marred by claims of fraud. Since the founding of the nation, violence frequently erupted as
the votes were being counted, and more than a few elections produced manifestly unfair results. Despite America's claim to be the world's greatest democracy, its adherence to the basic tenets of democratic elections - the ability to count ballots accurately and fairly even when the stakes are high - has always been shaky. Edward Foley presents a sweeping history of election controversies in the United States, tracing how their evolution generated legal precedents that ultimately transformed how we determine who wins and who loses.
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Pages : 496
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Publication date : 2016-03-28
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Politics, Elections & Referenda, Political Campaigning & Advertising, Political Corruption