A Republic If You Can Afford It How Much Does it Cost to Administer Elections?

A Republic If You Can Afford It\n\nHow Much Does it Cost to Administer Elections?\n\nThis Element provides the first nationwide look at the cost of administering elections and the effect on election outcomes.\n\nZachary Mohr (Author), Martha Kropf (Author), Mary Jo McGowan (Author), JoEllen Pope (Author)\n\n9781009339445, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 19 December 2024\n\n86 pages\n22.9 x 15.1 x 0.6 cm, 0.15 kg\n\nThe cost of administering elections is an importantly understudied area in election science. This book reports election costs in 48 out of 50 states. It discusses the challenges and opportunities of collecting local election costs. The book then presents the wide variation in cost across the country with the lowest spending states spending a little over $2 per voter and the highest spending almost $20 per voter. The amounts being spent in the state are also examined over the election time period of 2008 \u2013 2016. Economic events like the Gr]