The Racial Implications of Voter Identification Laws in America

Barreto, Matt A.; Nuño, Stephen A.; Sánchez, Gabriel R.; Walker, Hannah

doi:10.1177/1532673x18810012

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“… 1. It is worth mentioning that the literature surrounding the effects of voter IDs has not reached a consensus. Although many scholars find that voter IDs hurt voter turnout, especially that of minorities (Barreto et al, 2009, 2019; Hajnal et al, 2017, 2018), others find that requiring identification to vote has little to no effect (Grimmer et al, 2018; Highton, 2017; Mycoff et al, 2009; Rocha & Matsubayashi, 2014), with the differences in findings usually being attributed to flawed research designs (Burden, 2018; Erikson & Minnite, 2009). …”

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Rock the Vote or Block the Vote? How the Cost of Voting Affects the Voting Behavior of American Youth

Juelich

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2020

American Politics Research

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Young voters make up the largest portion of the electorate but vote at the lowest rates of any age group. While scholars have studied how culture affects youth political participation, few studies have analyzed how institutional barriers affect youth voting—even though these laws have been found to affect turnout of other disadvantaged groups. Considering younger citizens are more likely to be non-habitual voters with less political knowledge, efficacy, and resources, it is possible that these laws have magnified effects for youths. This could explain why new voters, facing new restrictions to voting, are participating at lower percentages than youths of earlier cohorts. Using the 2004–2016 Current Population Survey ( N = 360,000) and the Cost of Voting Index to test the effects of restrictive electoral environments on youth turnout, we find that restrictive environments disproportionately hurt young voters by decreasing the probability they turn out by 16 percentage points, compared with older voters.

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Rock the Vote or Block the Vote? How the Cost of Voting Affects the Voting Behavior of American Youth

Juelich

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2020

American Politics Research

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“…Someone who reneges would have voted were it not for an obstacle that presented itself. National and single-state studies have shown that racial and ethnic minority voters are less likely to possess acceptable forms of voter identification than white voters (Barreto et al 2019;Hobby et al 2015). If so, strict photo ID laws could have a disparate impact on precinct level procedures in the polling place.…”

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Who Leaves the Line, Anyway? A Study of Who Leaves Polling Place Lines, and Why

Lamb

2021

Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy

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In this article, I ask two questions: Under what circumstances are voters most likely to leave the polling place line? Who is most likely to leave the polling place line? I present findings from a field observation study in which field researchers observed polling place operations at precincts across the country during the 2016 and 2018 elections. I find that the number of people in line, voter identification laws, and the racial composition of the precinct have an effect on rates of reneging, though the effects are conditional on the type of election. Voters are more likely to leave the check-in line when there are a higher number of people in line. Additionally, voters in majority-Black precincts are most likely to leave the check-in line before voting in presidential and midterm elections. Voter ID laws tend to reduce the incidence of reneging, but the effects are conditional on the type of election and demographic composition of the precinct.

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“…We coded the emails responses for two issues that seem related to discrimination—whether the respondent mentioned voter ID requirements or felon disqualification laws. If a respondent discriminates in their responses, then we would expect them to be more likely to bring up ID requirements or felon disqualification laws when responding to a Black constituent, because these issues disproportionally affect Black voters (Barreto et al, 2018; Biggers & Hanmer, 2017; Cottrell et al, 2019). We cannot infer whether this form of discrimination is malicious or well-meaning.…”

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Do More Professionalized Legislatures Discriminate Less? The Role of Staffers in Constituency Service

Landgrave

Weller

2020

American Politics Research

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Research suggests that organizational structure can influence the ability of actors to discriminate. In this research note, we examine whether the structure of state legislatures affects observed discrimination in correspondent audit studies. We find that increased legislative professionalization is associated with reduced discrimination against racial minorities. By analyzing thousands of emails collected in a prior study, we find that legislative professionalization is related to a higher likelihood that staffers respond to email contacts and staffers are less likely to discriminate against racial minorities across multiple measures of discrimination. Our findings emphasize the importance of substantively relevant heterogeneity in audit studies and identify a potential mitigator of discrimination—legislative professionalism. Our results also highlight the importance of staffers in representation and the legislative process.

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The Racial Implications of Voter Identification Laws in America

Cited by 34 publications

References 15 publications

Rock the Vote or Block the Vote? How the Cost of Voting Affects the Voting Behavior of American Youth

Rock the Vote or Block the Vote? How the Cost of Voting Affects the Voting Behavior of American Youth

Who Leaves the Line, Anyway? A Study of Who Leaves Polling Place Lines, and Why

Do More Professionalized Legislatures Discriminate Less? The Role of Staffers in Constituency Service

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