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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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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.
- 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.