Absentee Voting, Mobilization, and Participation

Karp, Jeffrey A.; Banducci, Susan

doi:10.1177/1532673x01029002003

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“…Specifically, early voters tend to be strong partisans, strong ideologues, and more interested in politics. These findings are corroborated by Berinsky, Burns, and Traugott (2001) and Karp and Banducci (2001).…”

Section: What We Know About Early Votingsupporting

confidence: 63%

“…However, he did find that when liberalized absentee voting requirements are combined with efforts by political parties to encourage the use of absentee ballots, overall turnout does increase. Karp and Banducci (2001) had similar findings; the authors showed that liberal absentee laws do not expand the overall electorate; they just allow those already likely to vote to do so by mail.…”

Section: What We Know About Early Votingmentioning

confidence: 77%

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Reducing the Costs of Participation

Giammo

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2008

Political Research Quarterly

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The authors address the puzzle of why governments have implemented methods of early voting when those methods appear not to have an effect on turnout. Using an aggregate analysis, the authors find that early voting seems to produce a short-lived increase in turnout that disappears by the second presidential election in which it is available. They also address whether the additional costs to government are worth the negligible increase in participation. They conclude that these reforms merely offer additional convenience for those already likely to vote.

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Section: What We Know About Early Votingsupporting

confidence: 63%

Section: What We Know About Early Votingmentioning

confidence: 77%

Reducing the Costs of Participation

Giammo

Brox

2008

Political Research Quarterly

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“…Neely and Richardson concluded that early voting simply allows those who would have voted on Election Day to vote at a more convenient time. Karp and Banducci (2001) investigated whether liberal absentee voting laws expand the electorate using a national sample (42 states) of National Election Study data pooled from five successive elections. The authors found that older, more educated, politically active voters are more likely to vote absentee than other voters.…”

Section: Early Votingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Perverse Consequences of Electoral Reform in the United States

Berinsky

2005

American Politics Research

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A number of electoral reforms have been enacted in the United States in the past three decades that are designed to increase turnout by easing restrictions on the casting of ballots. Both proponents and opponents of electoral reforms agree that these reforms should increase the demographic representativeness of the electorate by reducing the direct costs of voting, thereby increasing turnout among less-privileged groups who, presumably, are most sensitive to the costs of coming to the polls. In fact, these reforms have been greatly contested because both major political parties believe that increasing turnout among less-privileged groups will benefit Democratic politicians. I review evidence from numerous studies of electoral reform to demonstrate that reforms designed to make it easier for registered voters to cast their ballots actually increase, rather than reduce, socioeconomicbiases in the composition of the voting public. I conclude with a recommendation that we shift the focus of electoral reform from an emphasis on institutional changes to a concentration on political engagement.

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“…(p. 502) Regardless of whether the decline in turnout is real or artifactually induced by using the VAP denominator, concerns over low voter turnout have prompted a series of reforms. Efforts to increase voter turnout include the National Voter Registration Act (Martinez & Hill, 1999) and the passage of liberal absentee-voting laws in several states (Karp & Banducci, 2001). Lawmakers and citizen groups have been looking to the Internet as a possible way to increase electoral participation.…”

Section: Voting Reformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

To I-Vote or Not to I-Vote?

Kenski

2005

Social Science Computer Review

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The prospect of Internet voting has received much attention because of concerns over the integrity of the U.S. electoral system. Proponents of Internet voting contend that the Internet will play an important role in revitalizing the American electorate. Opponents counter that Internet voting will benefit already advantaged groups. Using data collected in Arizona during the 2000 general election campaign, this study examined the opinions of registered voters (N = 501) toward Internet voting and found that almost one half of survey respondents opposed Internet voting. Results suggest that Internet voting could change the sociodemographic and ideological composition of the voting electorate. Concerns about the composition of the electorate, however, were not prevalent in survey participants' openended responses about the potential disadvantages of Internet voting.

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Absentee Voting, Mobilization, and Participation

Cited by 76 publications

References 12 publications

Reducing the Costs of Participation

Reducing the Costs of Participation

The Perverse Consequences of Electoral Reform in the United States

To I-Vote or Not to I-Vote?

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