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Electoral Dysfunction

A Survival Manual for American Voters

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Electoral Dysfunction

By: Victoria Bassetti
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin, Lloyd James
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Imagine a country where the right to vote is not guaranteed by the Constitution, where the candidate with the most votes loses, and where paperwork requirements and bureaucratic bungling disenfranchise millions. You're living in it. If the consequences weren't so serious, it would be funny.

An eye-opening, fact-filled companion to the forthcoming PBS documentary starring political satirist and commentator Mo Rocca, Electoral Dysfunction illuminates a broad array of issues, including the Founding Fathers' decision to omit the right to vote from the Constitution and the legal system's patchwork response to this omission; the battle over voter ID, voter impersonation, and voter fraud; the foul-ups that plague Election Day, from ballot design to contested recounts; the role of partisan officials in running elections; and the antidemocratic origins and impact of the Electoral College. The book concludes with a prescription for a healthy voting system by Heather Smith, president of Rock the Vote.

Published in the run-up to the 2012 election, Electoral Dysfunction is for listeners across the political spectrum who want their votes to count.

©2012 Victoria Bassetti (P)2012 Tantor
Americas Elections & Political Process Political Science United States US Senate Funny
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"Crisply written, irreverent yet engaged.... A lively, witty survey of the numerous ailments that afflict the American electoral system." (Alexander Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy, Harvard University)

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