The Changing Nature ... and Costs ... of Election Administration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Montjoy, Robert S.
• 署名单位: University of Louisiana System; University of New Orleans
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02218.x
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 867-875
• 关键词: voter; REFORM; convenience; turnout; systems; IMPACT

摘要

Changes during the last decade have significantly altered the nature of election administration and driven up its costs. Interviews with practitioner representatives from the elections community reveal a number of issues that continue to influence this field. Expense data from two counties illustrate how policy changes affect election costs. Scheduled ending of federal funding threatens a perfect storm in election finance that may undermine hard-won advances from 2000 to 2010. Possible cost reduction measures as well as critical challenges facing election administration are forecast for 2010 and the years ahead.