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    <subTitle>why our election system is failing and how to fix it</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Gerken, Heather K.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Princeton University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2009</dateIssued>
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    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <tableOfContents>The perverse politics of election reform. Why [we think] elections are run badly, and what to do about it. -- The promise of data-driven reform -- The politics of reform and the promise of ranking -- Is the game worth the candle? -- Getting from here to there in miniature. Making the democracy index a reality -- Conclusion: getting from "here to there" Redux.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Heather K. Gerken.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-171) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Elections</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Voter registration</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Votación</topic>
    <geographic>Estados Unidos</geographic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Elecciones</topic>
    <geographic>Estados Unidos</geographic>
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    <topic>Registro de votantes</topic>
    <geographic>Estados Unidos</geographic>
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