Publication Type |
Journal Article |
School or College |
College of Social & Behavioral Science |
Department |
Political Science |
Creator |
Hall, Thad; Roberts, Brian F. |
Other Author |
Alvarez, R. Michael |
Title |
Military voting and the law: procedural and technological solutions to the ballot transit problem |
Date |
2007-01-12 |
Description |
During the 2000 presidential election controversy in Florida, the ballots submitted by individuals living overseas-especially military voters-were seen as crucial to the election outcome as the margin of potential victory was so small that these ballots could turn the election from one candidate to the other. Headlines at the time noted that "Odds Against Gore Absentee Gains: Republican-Leaning Counties Appear to Have More Uncounted Overseas Ballots,"1 "Bush Lead Swells with Overseas Votes,"2 "Military Ballot Review is Urged,"3 And "How Bush Took Florida: Mining the Overseas Absentee Vote."4 For many Americans, however, the controversy surrounding the votes of military personnel and overseas voters, despite its importance, may have seemed both bewildering and esoteric. The debate centered on minute details; whether or not certain overseas absentee ballots were valid and could therefore be counted if they lacked postmarks, were received within given time periods, had missing s |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
University of Utah |
Volume |
16 |
First Page |
1 |
Last Page |
57 |
Subject |
Military, Voting; United States, elections; Absentee Ballot |
Subject LCSH |
Armed Forces; Voting; Absentee voting |
Dissertation Institution |
University of Utah |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Alvarez, R. M., Hal, T .E. & Roberts, B. F. (2007). Military Voting and the Law: Procedural and Technological Solutions to the Ballot Transit Problem. Institute of Public and International Affairs, 16, 1-57. |
Series |
Institute of Public and International Affairs Working Papers |
Rights Management |
(c) R. Michael Alvarez, Thad E. Hall & Brian F. Roberts |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
642,575 Bytes |
Identifier |
ir-main,922 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6qj81hq |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
703963 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qj81hq |