How We Vote: Innovation in American Elections

The idea of voting is simple, but the administration of elections in ways that ensure access and integrity is complex. In How We Vote, Kathleen Hale and Mitchell Brown explore how election officials work, how ballots are cast and counted, and how jurisdictions try to innovate while also protecting the security of the voting process.



Election officials must work in a difficult intergovernmental environment of constant change and intense partisanship. Voting practices and funding vary from sta...