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From voter ID laws to the Electoral College to redistricting to campaign finance, election law in the United States is loaded with controversy. In the latest edition of Rethinking American Electoral Democracy, Matt Streb cuts through the partisan rhetoric over how we run elections in the US, giving us evidence and reasoned argument for how to make our democracy better. You may not agree with all of his solutions, but you will admire Streb's straight talk, common sense, and logic. -- Richard L. Hasen, University of California-Irvine and author of Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections Our political system is so complex and produces so much inequality that it can often be challenging to consider where a reform agenda should even begin. In this book, Streb helps to direct our attention to some of the most significant problems with the current system and proposes a sensible set of reforms that would make for a more robust and equal democratic system. It is a worthwhile read for scholars and the general public alike. -- Brian Schaffner, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

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Matthew J. Streb is Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University, USA. His books include The New Electoral Politics of Race (University of Alabama); Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century (Stanford University); Running for Judge (NYU); Law and Election Politics: The Rules of the Game (Routledge); and Polls and Politics: The Dilemmas of Democracy (SUNY).

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