[ucarc] Off topic: Ballot Battles at Bexley Public Library
- From: Ed Liddle <ed.liddle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ucarc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:21:37 -0400
I thought this would be interesting for those concerned about the election
process being an election year. Its not really amateur radio related but
the election process can have an effect on all of us.
73,
-Ed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*Contacts: *
Ken Flower | Bexley Public Library
Director of Advancement/Community Relations
614-231-9709 or 614-545-6942
kflower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*National Expert on Disputed Elections to Discuss Ballot Battles at Bexley
Public Library*
Nationally-recognized election law expert and Bexley resident, Edward
Foley, will be at Bexley Public Library on Thursday, October 27 at 7:00
p.m. to discuss his book *Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections
in the United States*.
In *Ballot Battles*, Foley presents a sweeping history of election
controversies in the United States, tracing how their evolution generated
legal precedents that ultimately transformed how we determine who wins and
who loses. *Ballot Battles* is not only the first full chronicle of
contested elections in the U.S. It also provides a powerful explanation of
why the American election system has been, and remains, so ineffective at
deciding the tightest races in a way that all sides will agree is
fair. Offered in partnership with the Book Loft, copies of Foley’s book
will be available for sale and signing.
Edward B. Foley (known as “Ned”) is a Bexley resident and directs Election
Law at Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, where he also
holds the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law. Ned also serves as the
Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Election Law Project, which is
developing nonpartisan rules for the resolution of disputed elections.
Listen to yesterday's interview on NPR's Morning Edition concerning a
potential "rigged election" here.
<http://www.npr.org/2016/10/18/498296000/election-law-expert-isnt-buying-claims-that-nov-8-will-be-rigged>
*Praise for Ballot Battles*
"The vitality of democracy depends on honest elections and a fair count of
the ballots. Yet as Edward Foley demonstrates in this eye-opening study,
many close elections at all levels of American government since 1792 have
resulted in contested outcomes that violated one or both of these
requirements. With no standard mechanism in place to determine fairly the
winner of disputed elections, the instability and bitterness that has
marked past elections will likely persist into the future, he predicts,
unless we can come up with an accepted means of arbitrating disputed
results."
-James McPherson, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History
(Emeritus), Princeton University, and author of *Battle Cry of Freedom*
"*Ballot Battles* isn't just the most comprehensive study of recounts to
date; it's also a lens into our democracy. Foley pairs the clear-eyed
perspective of an election lawyer with the idealism of a democratic
theorist. He tells us not just who won and why, but who should have won and
why we should care. The book is sure to become a touchstone for anyone
interested in recounts and of interest to anyone interested in democracy."
-Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale University
"Professor Foley is the national expert on recounts, and his book is
required reading for anyone who cares about the history and future of
American election controversies. Those interested in the history will
marvel at the detailed and dramatic retelling of contested election
controversies stretching from the Founding Era to our own. For students of
contemporary politics and election law, the book provides a sobering lesson
on the entrenched features of the American constitutional system that make
resolution of such controversies so difficult and unlikely to be solved any
time soon."
-Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford University
"It's hard not to feel outrage and a little dread reading Edward Foley's
retelling of ballot battles dating back to the nation's Founding. That's
because, as Foley argues beautifully, American democracy lacks a fair,
unbiased, non-partisan way to resolve contested elections. What will happen
next time an election's outcome is in limbo? *Ballot Battles* makes a
compelling argument that it could well be messy."
-Tamara Keith, White House correspondent, NPR News
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The Library’s mission is to enlighten, engage, and inspire a community of
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*Ken Flower*
Director of Advancement and Community Relations
Bexley Public Library <http://www.bexleylibrary.org> | *Where Curiosity
Meets Discovery*
2411 East Main Street | Bexley, Ohio 43209
Phone: (614) 231-9709 | Direct: (614) 545-6942 | Fax: (614) 231-0794
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-Ed, KE8ANU
I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily
deal with anything new that comes up.
Linus Torvalds
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