Campaign and election reform

Reports that several hundred contributors to Democratic party campaign coffers were President Clinton's overnight guests at the White House outraged many who saw the practice as an unprecedented misuse of a government office to raise campaign funds. The furor over this and other campaign finance improprieties following the 1996 presidential election has given new urgency to campaign finance reform and the revamping of other aspects of the campaign and election process. This comprehensive volume explores many changes that can be termed reforms from various ideological perspectives, including measures that extend voting rights, enhance the integrity of the electoral process, increase the convenience of registration and voting procedures, improve the efficient operation of the election system, and eliminate biases in favor of or against specific individuals or groups. This book provides a chronology of significant events in campaign and election reform and also contains biographies of important players in such reforms, survey data including public opinion and attitudes, major court decisions, and quotations. Directories of relevant organizations and agencies, lists of print and nonprint resources, and a glossary of major terms round out a volume that can serve as a foundation for research and enhanced understanding. - Back cover.