CONVENIENCE VOTING AND TECHNOLOGY by Claire M. Smith ( 9781137391070 )

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Title:

CONVENIENCE VOTING AND TECHNOLOGY
THE CASE OF MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS

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ISBN 10:

1137391073

ISBN 13:

9781137391070

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

26 November, 2014

Series:

Elections, Voting, Technology

Description:

One of modern democracy's biggest challenges is the overseas voter.This book is the first of its kind to explore the issues of military and overseas voting, an often neglected voting bloc, by investigating the successfulness of overseas voting initiatives, technologies, and policy efforts.

Synopsis:

The global movement of people has created one of modern democracy's greatest challenges: the overseas voter. In response to the unique problems that voters abroad face, several key pieces of federal legislation have been passed by Congress, including the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) in 1986 and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002. Smith closely examines the voting experiences of military and overseas citizens and documents the historical development of their voting rights and the development of voting technology. Several metrics of voting success are examined to determine how successful recent legislation has been in improving the military and overseas voting experience, and identifies limitations in public policy's ability to improve certain metric of success, as well as the applicability of these lessons for domestic voters within the United States.

Illustrations:

5 figures, 28 black & white tables

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Imprint:

Palgrave Macmillan

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Non-returnable

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