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"Administering Elections provides a digest of contemporary American election administration using a systems perspective. This provides insight into the interconnected nature of all components of elections administration, and sheds like on the potential consequences of reforms that fail to account for this"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Background and History -- Introduction: Determinants of the Great Diversity of U.S. Elections -- Elections -- Constitutional Provisions Regarding Elections in America -- Elections at the National Level -- Origins of the Two-Party System -- Competing to Replace the Whigs -- From Reconstruction to the Progressive Era -- Great Depression Ushers in New Political Era -- Voting Reforms amid Political Change -- Elections at the State Level -- State Governorships -- Elections at the Local Level -- Expansion of the Franchise by Law, Practice, and Court Decisions -- Expansion of the Franchise in America's First 100 Years -- Triumphs and Setbacks in Voting Rights since the Civil War -- Types of Elections -- Waning Parties and Rising Interest Groups in American Elections -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- Introduction -- Who Gets to Vote? -- Hyperpartisan Tribalism -- Gerrymandering of Electoral Districts -- Campaign Costs and Election Finance Reform -- Recruitment of Candidates -- Facets of Political Culture -- Political Participation and Religion -- New Political Culture -- Media and Elections -- Politically Motivated News Source Preferences and Beliefs -- Interest Groups and Elections -- The Impact of Federalism -- The Mechanics of Elections -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3. Perspectives -- Introduction -- Equality and Constitutional Electoral Reform: Problems and Prospects -- Is Colorado a One-Party State -- Thoughts on the 2020 Election -- Colorado's Election System: A National Model -- Voter Suppression and the Exclusion of American Citizenship -- The Kornacki Effect: Vote Count Framing in a Pandemic Year -- Social Justice Protests and the 2020 Presidential Election -- Indigenous Voters Helped Swing the 2020 Election.