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Evaluating elections : a handbook of methods and standards /

This book explores how the tools of public management and policy evaluation can generate the data to improve elections.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964-
Otros Autores: Atkeson, Lonna Rae, 1965-, Hall, Thad E. (Thad Edward), 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Evaluating Elections: A Handbook of Methods and Standards -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Performance-Based Evaluation of Election Administration -- Performance Measurement in Government and the Private Sectors -- Goals of Performance Measurement in Elections -- Elections Are about Data -- Collection, Transparency, and Openness -- This Is Not a Democracy Index -- From Indexes to Performance-Based Management -- Our Book in Brief -- 1 The Electoral Ecosystem -- Election Observation -- Election Forensics -- Legal Analysis -- Residual Votes -- Postelection Audits -- Voter Surveys -- Poll Worker Surveys -- Incident Reports -- Improving Performance: One Measure Does Not Work -- The New Mexico Example -- Cuyahoga County Example -- Improving the Ecosystem -- Conclusions -- 2 Easily Available Data for Performance Evaluation -- The Residual Vote -- Provisional Ballots: Multiple Metrics -- Incident Reports and Poll Worker Feedback -- Voter Registration Databases -- Lost Votes and Metrics for Policy Change -- Moving from Data to Performance-Based Management -- Using Performance Data for Election Improvement -- Conclusions -- 3 Measuring the Experiences of Voters -- Qualitative Methods and the Voting Experience -- An Example: The Voting Systems Assessment Project -- Quantitative Performance Measurement Metrics -- Survey of the Performance of American Elections -- The VSAP Example -- The New Mexico 2006-2010 Voter Surveys -- Metrics from Voter Surveys -- Voter Confidence -- Polling Place Metrics -- Wait Times -- Problems at the Polls -- Voter Identification -- Applying Metrics to Management -- Conclusions -- Appendix: A Few Notes on Surveys and Focus Groups -- Focus Groups -- Designing Voter Experience Surveys -- Nonprobability Sampling and Other Ways to Interview Voters. 
505 8 |a 4 Measuring the Performance of Poll Workers -- Measuring the Performance of Poll Workers -- Demographics -- Evaluating Procedures -- Problems at the Polls -- Confidence and Satisfaction -- Implementing Photo Identification Requirements -- Qualitative Measures of the Poll Worker Experience -- Conclusions -- 5 Auditing the Election Ecosystem -- What Is an Election Ecosystem Audit? -- Steps in an Election Ecosystem Audit -- Step 1: Mapping the Election Process -- Step 2: Auditing Each Process -- Step 3: Election Day Voting -- Step 4: EEA and Special Populations -- Step 5: A Postelection Ballot Audit -- Step 7: Reporting and Transparency -- Conclusions -- 6 Election Observation -- A Brief History of Election Observation -- Some General Considerations for Developing Election Observation Studies -- New Mexico 2006, 2008, and 2010 Election Observation Methodology -- An Important Result: Issues Regarding Voter Identification -- Findings and Recommendations: Linking Evaluations and Action -- Designing an Effective Election Observation Study -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Precinct Opening, Closing, Election Day Forms -- References -- Index. 
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