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Stakeholders in the operation of American elections are keenly focused on policy reform, resource allocation, administrative professionalism, voter access and accessibility, equipment security, and system integrity. The Future of Election Administration is an edited volume that gathers the perspectives of today´s most forward-thinking practitioners and experts of policy, advocacy, and research about the importance of particular election practices, the professional and operational challenges that election administrators and voter registrars face, and emerging issues in the field. Through its combination of multiple perspectives to describe, analyze, and anticipate key dynamics and dilemmas as well as its emphasis on the practical aspects of administration, this book makes a unique contribution to the election administration literature.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Tom Wilkey

Chapter 1. Introduction

Bridgett A. King, Mitchell Brown, and Kathleen Hale

Section One: Current Challenges and the Future of Access and Participation

Chapter 2. The Federal Response and New Considerations for Election Administration

Bridgett A. King

Chapter 3. Parties and Politics: The Evolution of Election Administration

Doug Lewis

Chapter 4. Accessible and Secure: Improving Voter Confidence by Protecting the Right to Vote

Thomas Hicks

Chapter 5. Challenges in Voter Registration

Thessalia Merivaki and Daniel A. Smith

Chapter 6. Polling Place Quality and Access

Robert Stein, Charles Stewart III, and Christopher Mann

Section Two: Meeting the Challenges of Professionalism

Chapter 7. The Evolution of Professionalism in the Field of Election Administration

Mitchell Brown and Kathleen Hale

Chapter 8. The Elections Performance Index: Past, Present, and Future

Charles Stewart III

Chapter 9. Building Terminology in the Field

Katy Owens Hubler and Tammy Patrick

Chapter 10. Diversity and Descriptive Representation in Election Administration

Bridgett A. King

Chapter 11. Election Costs: A Study of North Carolina

Martha Kropf and JoEllen V. Pope

Section Three: Emerging and Future Issues in Election Administration

Chapter 12. The Role of Election Vendors in Election Administration

Peter Lichtenheld

Chapter 13. Election Integrity in Ensuring Accuracy

Christy McCormick

Chapter 14. Election Security: Increasing Election Integrity by Improving Cyber Security

Marian K. Schneider

Chapter 15. Election Audits

Jennifer Morrell

Chapter 16. Election Cyber-security

Judd Choate and Robert Smith

Chapter 17. Special Elections Costs: Filling Legislative and Congressional Vacancies

Dean Logan

Chapter 18. Increasing Confidence in International Elections

Kelly Krawczyk and Avery Davis-Roberts

Chapter 19. Conclusion

Kathleen Hale, Mitchell Brown, and Bridgett A. King

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Mitchell Brown is Professor of Political Science at Auburn University, USA. Her scholarship focuses on empowerment processes for marginalized groups, including electoral strategies and program evaluation for public and nonprofit organizations. She contributes regularly to the CERA program.


Kathleen Hale is Professor of Political Science and director of the graduate program in election administration at Auburn University, USA. She serves on the Election Center´s Board of Directors and the MIT Data and Election Sciences Lab advisory board, and directs Auburn University faculty in CERA, the national professional certification program for election officials established in partnership with the Election Center.


B ridgett A. King is Assistant Professor of Political Science and director of the MPA Program at Auburn University, USA. Her research focuses on political participation, voter disenfranchisement, and citizen perceptions of the electoral system. Formerly a voting rights researcher in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, she contributes regularly to the CERA program.

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