Chapter 6. The Political Work of Fraud Allegations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. What Is Voter Fraud? 19
6. Chapter 3. Are U.S. Elections Vulnerable to Voter Fraud? 37
7. Chapter 4. Evidence from the States 57
8. Chapter 5. Would the Rational Voter Commit Fraud? 77
9. Chapter 6. The Political Work of Fraud Allegations 86
10. Chapter 7. Voter Fraud Allegations and Their Consequences 129
11. Appendix 1. Allegations of Voter Fraud in the 2004 Election Cycle 159
12. Appendix 2. Selected State Election Codes and Case Law Criminalizing Election Fraud in Twelve States 201
13. Appendix 3. The Quest for Federal Data on Voter Fraud 218
14. Appendix 4. Steps in Extracting Voter Fraud Rec ords from the Federal Court Cases Integrated Database 229
15. Appendix 5. Reconciling Differences in Agency Coding of Federal Election Law Violations 234
16. Appendix 6. Oregon Election Law Complaints 241
17. Notes 247
18. Index 291