The Myth of Voter Fraud / / Lorraine C. Minnite.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Minnite, Lorraine C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 3 charts/graphs, 20 tables

Allegations that widespread voter fraud is threatening to the integrity of American elections and American democracy itself have intensified since the disputed 2000 presidential election. The claim that elections are being stolen by illegal immigrants and unscrupulous voter registration activists an...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. What Is Voter Fraud?
• Chapter 3. Are U.S. Elections Vulnerable to Voter Fraud?
• Chapter 4. Evidence from the States
• Chapter 5. Would the Rational Voter Commit Fraud?
• Chapter 6. The Political Work of Fraud Allegations
• Chapter 7. Voter Fraud Allegations and Their Consequences
• Appendix 1. Allegations of Voter Fraud in the 2004 Election Cycle
• Appendix 2. Selected State Election Codes and Case Law Criminalizing Election Fraud in Twelve States
• Appendix 3. The Quest for Federal Data on Voter Fraud
• Appendix 4. Steps in Extracting Voter Fraud Rec ords from the Federal Court Cases Integrated Database
• Appendix 5. Reconciling Differences in Agency Coding of Federal Election Law Violations
• Appendix 6. Oregon Election Law Complaints
• Notes
• Index