Helping America Vote : The Limits of Election Reform

"Helping America Vote" is focused on the conflict between values of access and integrity in U.S. election administration, examining both what was included in the Help America Vote Act, and what was not. Widespread agreement that voting equipment was a problem made technology the centerpiece of the legislation, but, there is still reason to be concerned about key aspects of electronic voting, ballot design, and the politics of partisan administrators.

Martha Kropf is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina--Charlotte. David C. Kimball is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri--St. Louis.a