A Republic If You Can Afford It - 9781009507387

A Republic If You Can Afford ItHow Much Does it Cost to Administer Elections?\nAuthor(s): Zachary Mohr, Martha Kropf, Mary Jo McGowan, JoEllen Pope\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009507387, 978-1009507387\nSynopsis\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 [tel]. Economic events like the Great Recession had predictable effects on lowering spending on elections but the patterns are not the same across the different regions of the country. .