LEADER 03015cam a2200397 a 4500001 9974099803506421 005 20240509060312.0 008 120404s2013 enka b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2012014230 020 9781107027626 (hardback) 020 1107027624 (hardback) 020 9781107653054 (paperback) 020 1107653053 (paperback) 035 (NjP)7409980-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager7409980 035 (OCoLC)ocn789148589 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |dYDX |dBTCTA |dUKMGB |dBDX |dYDXCP |dBWX |dIUL |dCOO |dCDX |dSTF 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 JK1976 |b.A68 2013 082 00 324.6/5 |223 100 1 Alvarez, R. Michael, |d1964- |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96113031 245 10 Evaluating elections : |ba handbook of methods and standards / |cR. Michael Alvarez, Lonna Rae Atkeson, Thad E. Hall. 260 Cambridge [England] ;New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2013. 300 x, 173 p. : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index. 505 0 Introduction: Performance-based evaluation of election administration -- 1. The electoral ecosystem -- 2. Easily available data for performance evaluation -- 3. Measuring the experiences of voters -- 4. Measuring the performance of poll workers -- 5. Auditing the election ecosystem -- 6. Election observation. 520 "This book focuses on how the tools of public management and policy evaluation can be used to give election officials the data they need to improve elections"-- |cProvided by publisher. 520 "In competitive and contested democratic elections, insuring integrity is critical. "Evaluating Elections" shows why systematic analysis and reporting of election performance is important and how data-driven performance management can be used by election officials to improve elections. The authors outline how performance management systems can function in elections and their benefits for voters, candidates, and political parties. Journalists, election administrators, and even candidates often ask whether recent elections were run well, whether there were problems in the administration of a particular state's elections, and how well elections were run across the country. The authors explain that such questions are difficult to answer because of the complexity of election administration and because there is currently no standard or accepted framework to assess the general quality of an election"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Elections |zUnited States |vHandbooks, manuals, etc. 650 0 Elections |vHandbooks, manuals, etc. 700 1 Atkeson, Lonna Rae, |d1965- |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011075894 700 1 Hall, Thad E. |q(Thad Edward), |d1968- |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003107480 902 nk |bl |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20130517 904 wcs |bo |hm |cb |e20130417 914 (OCoLC)ocn789148589 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240508 |eprocessed |f789148589