This book focuses on the more than 8,000 local elections administrators in counties, municipalities, and townships who largely manage the key administrative processes of elections, work with campaigns and candidates, design voting materials and choose voting equipment, staff early, and Election Day polling locations, and communicate with and educate voters. They are the frontline of democracy, and this is the first book that explores who becomes an election administrator; their opinions about election reform and election integrity; how LEOs responded to the unique challenges of the 2020 election which included misinformation and even death threats; and how to move forward to ensure a sustainable, diverse, and sustainable community.

Includes timely analysis given the 2020 election controversy Written by a diverse group of nationally recognized experts on election administration and election sciences Provides broad coverage of local election officials for the political science, public policy, and public administration communities

Autorentext

Paul Gronke is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Elections & Voting Information Center at Reed College, USA.

David Kimball is Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Missouri at St Louis, USA.

Thessalia Merivaki is Associate Teaching Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, and Associate Research Professor, Massive Data Institute, Georgetown University, USA

Mara Suttmann-Lea is Associate Professor of American Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at Connecticut College.

Christian Grose is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California, USA

Bridgett King is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, USA

Klappentext

This book focuses on the more than 8,000 local elections administrators in counties, municipalities, and townships who largely manage the key administrative processes of elections, work with campaigns and candidates, design voting materials and choose voting equipment, staff early, and Election Day polling locations, and communicate with and educate voters. They are the frontline of democracy, and this is the first book that explores who becomes an election administrator; their opinions about election reform and election integrity; how LEOs responded to the unique challenges of the 2020 election which included misinformation and even death threats; and how to move forward to ensure a sustainable, diverse, and sustainable community.

Paul Gronke is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Elections & Voting Information Center at Reed College, USA.

David Kimball is Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Missouri at St Louis, USA.

Thessalia Merivaki is Associate Teaching Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, and Associate Research Professor, Massive Data Institute, Georgetown University, USA

Mara Suttmann-Lea is Associate Professor of American Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at Connecticut College.

Christian Grose is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California, USA

Bridgett King is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, USA

Inhalt

Chapter 1 : Understanding the Election Administrators on the Frontline of Democracy.- Chapter 2 : A Demographic and Professional Profile of the Frontline Workers of American Elections.- Chapter 3: Electing America's Election Officials.- Chapter 4: Expanding the Pipeline: Turnover, Diversity, and a Representative LEO Bureaucracy.- Chapter 5: The Ethos of Local Election Administration.- Chapter 6: Comparing Elite and Public Opinion on Election Administration and Reform.- Chapter 7: How Local Election Officials Educate Voters about Voting Requirements and Election Reform.- Chapter 8: How Private Philanthropy Supercharged the 2020 Election: The Audacious Story of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute and the Center for Tech and Civic Life in Local Election Administration.- Chapter 9:Threats and Harassment of Election Officials Resulting from the 2020 Election.- Chapter 10: People Versus Places: The Unrepresentative Nature of Local Election Administration.- Chapter 11: Appendix: Methodological Considerations for Surveys of Local Elections Officials.