Kathleen Hale is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University, where she directs its graduate program in election administration. She is the author of the award-winning How Information Matters: Networks and Public Policy Innovation (Georgetown University Press, 2011). Mitchell Brown is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University and associate editor of the Journal of Political Science Education.Together, Hale and Brown direct the Election Administration Initiative at Auburn University. They are the coauthors of Applied Research Methods in Public and Nonprofit Organizations and Administering Elections: How American Elections Work with Robert Montjoy. They are coeditors of The Future of Election Administration as well as The Future of Election Administration: Cases and Conversations with Bridgett King.

• Introduction1. The Federal System and the Politics of Election Administration2. Innovation in Complex Systems3. Innovations in Administering Voter Registration4. Catalysts for Convenience Voting5. Collaboration on Language Assistance6. Administrative Innovations in Counting Ballots7. Technology and Security in Election Administration8. Measurement, Innovation, and Election AdministrationConclusionAppendix A: List of US Supreme Court and Federal Court CasesAppendix B: List of Major Federal LawsAppendix C: MethodologyReferencesAbout the AuthorsIndex

Incredibly timely in view of the scandalous attempts by Donald Trump and his supporters to corrupt the American voting process and results in order to hold on to presidential power in a manner unique with respect to the past 200+ years of American democracy, "How We Vote: Innovation in American Elections" deserves as wide a readership as is possible.