Voters in a democratic society

should have confidence in the electoral process. Yet, as Americans have witnessed in every election since 2000, voting—the basic act of citizenship—is under assault: technologically complex, subject to manipulation, and fiercely contested on many levels.

Documenting the areas of collapse

in the American electoral process, this book analyzes ongoing problems in the casting and counting of ballots, as well as new threats: future elections could be compromised by new voting machines that are unreliable, poorly programmed, and prone to tampering.

A call for reforms

At this critical moment for American democracy, the author issues a call for urgently needed reforms.