The history and politics of voting technology: in quest of integrity and public confidence

Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA, from voice to digital, highlighting how the antiquated systems in use today are a legacy of the industrial revolution of the Nineteenth-century and the early computer revolution of the 1950s and analyses the current day situation. INDICE: The 2000 Presidential Election in Florida: The Family Secret is Exposed - From the Revolution to the Civil War: Consent of the Governed and the Election Clause - The Late 19th Century: Struggling With Voting Rights and Election Fraud - The Late 19th Century: A Different Slice, and the Early 20th Century - The Middle and Late 20th Century: Movements for Equality, Enfranchisement and Voting Facilitation - The Middle and Late 20th Century: Election Administration and Computing Technology - The Great Awakening After Florida, ThroughMarch 2005 -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-60598-5
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 20/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés