Counting Votes: Lessons from the 2000 Presidential Election in Florida

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Foreword: Let Every Voice Be Heard, Let Every Vote Be Counted, by Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters 1. The State of Elections: People, Politics, and Problems, by Robert P. Walson Part 1. The Florida Election Controversy 2. The Election, Miami, and the Recount, by Thomas R. Spencer 3. Some Things Are Not Meant to Be: The Florida Controversy and the Vote Recount by Mitchell Ceasor 4. Public Information: Dealing with the Media in an Election Crists, by Gisela Salas Part 2. Running an Election 5. Running an Election and the Work of the Elections Office 6. A Look at Voting Machines and Voting Systems 7. The Role of Grassroots Organizing and the Political Party in Elections, by Mark Hoch 8. Candidates, Parties, and Local Election Politics, by Cathy Dubin Part 3. Voting Systems and Problems 9. Voting Technology and Voting Access in Twenty-first-Century America, by C. Green, Rhonda S. Kinney, and Jason Mitchell 10. Balancing Competing Interests: Voting Equipment in Presidential Elections, by Marthn E. Kropf and Stephen Knack 11. Unrecorded Votes and Political Representation, by David C. Kimball, Chris Owens, and Katherine McAndrew Keeney Part 4. The Electoral College Reconsidered 12. The 2000 Presidential Election: Is There a Better Way of Determining the Election Outcome? by Jim Corey 13. The Electoral College: Political Advantage, the Small States, and Implications for Reform, by Glenn W. Rainey Jr. 14. Electoral College Reform at the State Level: Choices and Trade-Offs, by Paul D. Schumaker and Bruce L Oppenhelmer Part 5. Election Reform 15. The Elusive Promise of Democratic Elections? by Victoria A. Farrar-Myers 16. The Fiasco in Florida: Ferille Ground for Election Reform, by Blair Bobier 17. Is Election Reform Necessary? Yes