Product Description: This book provides an analytical guide to the modern political campaign, chronologically covering key federal, state, and local campaign laws, election commission rules, and the court decisions interpreting them.• Analytical essays and suggested print and electronic resources accompany every documentary entr...read more

Product Description: The hotly disputed election of 2000 roused a generally complacent electorate to recognize the erosion of a basic rite of citizenship many had long taken for granted: the exercise of their right to vote. Since then, controversial technology for casting and counting ballots as well as numerous initiatives intended to increase voter participation (or, in the case of voter identification laws, arguably to restrict it) have ensured that possible flaws in our electoral system are never far from public consciousness...read more