Democratic Capacity: Election Administration as Bulwark and Target

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q1 Social Sciences

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1177/00027162211061318

L. Jacobs, Judd Choate

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Headlines decried the fragility of American democracy during the 2020 elections, but extensive institutional structures steered officials in both political parties to certify the results of the election, and independent judges have validated their decisions. Political battles over election laws and procedures are not themselves signs of democracy’s demise, because legal and administrative guardrails contain the degree to which voting rights are threatened. These formidable institutional structures blunted former president Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and limited the scope and impact of new state legislation to restrict access to voting. The guardrails of elections operated as designed, but Trump’s unfounded charges of fraud coupled with state restrictions are corroding the credibility and fairness of elections. We examine the scope and function of election law and administration to understand how they protected American democracy in the contentious 2020 election.

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民主能力:作为堡垒和目标的选举管理

头条新闻谴责了2020年大选期间美国民主的脆弱性，但广泛的制度结构引导两党官员认证选举结果，独立法官也验证了他们的决定。围绕选举法和程序的政治斗争本身并不是民主消亡的迹象，因为法律和行政护栏包含了投票权受到威胁的程度。这些强大的制度结构削弱了前总统唐纳德·特朗普推翻2020年总统大选的努力，并限制了限制投票权的新州立法的范围和影响。选举的护栏按设计运行，但特朗普毫无根据的欺诈指控加上州限制，正在侵蚀选举的可信度和公平性。我们研究了选举法和行政管理的范围和功能，以了解它们是如何在有争议的2020年选举中保护美国民主的。

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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Multiple-

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