Perhaps the truest test of a nation's ability to govern itself democratically is its ability to count ballots fairly and accurately in competitive, high-stakes elections. Yet from the founding on, America's adherence to this ideal has been distinctly uneven. Edward Foley's Ballot Battles is a sweeping synthesis of the subject, tracing how election controversies evolved over time, from the 1780s to the present.
Perhaps the truest test of a nation's ability to govern itself democratically is its ability to count ballots fairly and accurately in competitive, high-stakes elections. Yet from the founding on, America's adherence to this ideal has been distinctly uneven. Edward Foley's Ballot Battles is a sweeping synthesis of the subject, tracing how election controversies evolved over time, from the 1780s to the present.
Edward B. Foley holds the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at The Ohio State University, where he also directs its election law program. He is a contributing opinion columnist for the Washington Post, and in 2020 served as an NBC News election law analyst. The first edition of Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States (Oxford University Press, 2016) was named Finalist for the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History and listed as one of 100 "must-read books about law and social justice". Foley's most recent book, Presidential Elections and Majority Rule (Oxford University Press, 2020), provides a basis for reform that would enable the Electoral College to operate according to its majority-rule objectives. In 2013 Foley was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to write his next book, which will address the relationship between America's bedrock constitutional principles and the development of electoral system design, including alternative forms of ranked choice voting. As Reporter for the American Law Institute's Project on Election Administration, Foley drafted Principles of Law: Non-Precinct Voting and Resolution of Ballot-Counting Disputes. He also co-authored Election Law and Litigation: The Judicial Regulation of Politics (2014). Foley clerked for Chief Judge Patricia M. Wald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Justice Harry Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court. He also served as State Solicitor in the office of Ohio's Attorney General.
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* Acknowledgments * Preface to the Revised Edition * Prologue: The Missing Institution of Impartiality * Introduction: Understanding the Past for the Sake of the Future * Chapter One: Uncertain Vote-Counting in the Founding Era * Chapter Two: The Novelty of Chief Executive Elections * Chapter Three: The Entrenchment of Two-Party Competition * Chapter Four: Counting Votes at Times of Crisis * Chapter Five: Hayes-Tilden: To the Edge of the Constitutional Cliff * Chapter Six: The Gilded Age: An Era of Hypercompetitive Elections * Chapter Seven: The Progressive Era: Missed Opportunities at a Time of Reform * Chapter Eight: America in the Middle of its Century: A Tarnished Ideal * Chapter Nine: The Sixties and Their Legacy: The Rise of Democratic Expectations * Chapter Ten: The Eighties and Nineties: Reemergence of Intensified Partisanship * Chapter Eleven: Florida 2000: Avoiding a Return to the Constitutional Brink * Chapter Twelve: After Bush v. Gore: Reinvigorated Demand for Electoral Fairness * Chapter Thirteen: Donald Trump and the Advent of Election Denialism * Conclusion: The Enduring Quest for a Fair Count * Appendix
* Acknowledgments * Preface to the Revised Edition * Prologue: The Missing Institution of Impartiality * Introduction: Understanding the Past for the Sake of the Future * Chapter One: Uncertain Vote-Counting in the Founding Era * Chapter Two: The Novelty of Chief Executive Elections * Chapter Three: The Entrenchment of Two-Party Competition * Chapter Four: Counting Votes at Times of Crisis * Chapter Five: Hayes-Tilden: To the Edge of the Constitutional Cliff * Chapter Six: The Gilded Age: An Era of Hypercompetitive Elections * Chapter Seven: The Progressive Era: Missed Opportunities at a Time of Reform * Chapter Eight: America in the Middle of its Century: A Tarnished Ideal * Chapter Nine: The Sixties and Their Legacy: The Rise of Democratic Expectations * Chapter Ten: The Eighties and Nineties: Reemergence of Intensified Partisanship * Chapter Eleven: Florida 2000: Avoiding a Return to the Constitutional Brink * Chapter Twelve: After Bush v. Gore: Reinvigorated Demand for Electoral Fairness * Chapter Thirteen: Donald Trump and the Advent of Election Denialism * Conclusion: The Enduring Quest for a Fair Count * Appendix
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