Convenience Voting and Technology: The Case of Military and Overseas Voters (Elections, Voting, Technology)

One of modern democracy's biggest challenges is the overseas voter.This book is the first of its kind to explore the issues of military and overseas voting, an often neglected voting bloc, by investigating the successfulness of overseas voting initiatives, technologies, and policy efforts. The global movement of people has created one of modern democracy's greatest challenges: the overseas voter. In response to the unique problems that voters abroad face, several key pieces of federal legislation have been passed by Congress, including the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) in 1986 and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002. Smith closely examines the voting experiences of military and overseas citizens and documents the historical development of their voting rights and the development of voting technology. Several metrics of voting success are examined to determine how successful recent legislation has been in improving the military and overseas voting experience, and identifies limitations in public policy's ability to improve certain metric of success, as well as the applicability of these lessons for domestic voters within the United States Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction: “My Polling Place is My Living Room”....Pages 1-13 Who are Uogava voters?....Pages 15-38 The Development of Military and Overseas Voting Rights in the United States....Pages 39-67 Evaluating Voting Policy Success: Aggregate Outcomes....Pages 69-92 Evaluating Voting Policy Success: Voter Satisfaction....Pages 93-109 Defending Votes: The Unique Problems of Military Voters....Pages 111-134 Voting Technology, Security, and Privacy Concerns....Pages 135-169 The Future of Convenience Voting for Overseas and Domestic Voters....Pages 171-180 Back Matter....Pages 181-219 Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; List of Important Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction: "My Polling Place Is My Living Room"; 2 Who Are UOCAVA Voters?; 3 The Development of Military and Overseas Voting Rights in the United States; 4 Evaluating Voting Policy Success: Aggregate Outcomes; 5 Evaluating Voting Policy Success: Voter Satisfaction; 6 Defending Votes: The Unique Problems of Military Voters; 7 Voting Technology, Security, and Privacy Concerns; 8 The Future of Convenience Voting for Overseas and Domestic Voters One of modern democracy's biggest challenges is the overseas voter. This book is the first of its kind to explore the issues of military and overseas voting, an often neglected voting bloc, by investigating the successfulness of overseas voting initiatives, technologies, and policy efforts Appendix I: Chronology: Significant Events in the Development of Military and Overseas VotingAppendix II: Changes in Electronic Transmission Methods and Voting Outcomes, 2012 Versus 2008; Notes; References; Index