Mobilization Around New Convenience Voting Methods: A Field Experiment to Encourage Voting by Mail with a Downloadable Ballot and Early Voting
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DOI: 10.1007/s11109-018-9474-4
Abstract: Election reform has allowed citizens in many states to choose among convenience voting methods. We report on a field experiment that tests messages derived from theories about government responsiveness, choice, information, and convenience on the… read more here.
Keywords: ballot; convenience; early voting; voting ... See more keywords
Knowing What You Don't Know: The Role of Information and Sophistication in Ballot Completion
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DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12788
Abstract: Objective We seek to examine how individual factors such as information and political sophistication can affect the likelihood of a voter completing his or her ballot. Methods Through the use of an original experiment, we… read more here.
Keywords: sophistication ballot; information; ballot completion; ballot ... See more keywords
The Secret Ballot and the Market for Votes at 19th-Century British Elections
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DOI: 10.1177/0010414015626451
Abstract: This article examines the impact of the secret ballot on the market for votes at parliamentary elections in the 19th-century United Kingdom. I use a formal model of an exchange between a candidate and a… read more here.
Keywords: market votes; ballot market; ballot; 19th century ... See more keywords
An Introduction to Special Issue
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DOI: 10.1177/0010414016641977
Abstract: This article introduces a collection of papers that explore two understudied but critical questions of enduring concern for the study of democratization. Was the secret ballot driven by the same forces that drove the rise… read more here.
Keywords: special issue; introduction special; ballot; secret ballot ... See more keywords
Eye Movements Predict Large-Scale Voting Decisions
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DOI: 10.1177/0956797621991142
Abstract: More than 100 countries allow people to vote directly on policies in direct democracy elections (e.g., 2016 Brexit referendum). Politicians are often responsible for writing ballot language, and voters frequently encounter ballot measures that are… read more here.
Keywords: large scale; voting decisions; ballot; eye movements ... See more keywords
Choosing the Less Convenient Way to Vote: An Anomaly in Vote by Mail Elections
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DOI: 10.1177/1065912919890009
Abstract: Nearly two-thirds of persons who receive an unsolicited ballot in the mail before Election Day choose to return their ballot in person, rather than through the less costly and more convenient U.S. Postal Service. Why?… read more here.
Keywords: ballot; less convenient; vote mail; choose return ... See more keywords
The effect of the ballot in an unranked ballot system
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DOI: 10.1177/13540688211055929
Abstract: The design of election ballots can influence voters’ behavior. Features of the ballot are particularly important if they systematically harm the electoral chances of some groups. In Brazil, voters type the four or five-digit number… read more here.
Keywords: ballot; unranked ballot; ballot unranked; ballot system ... See more keywords
Reducing the Undervote With Vote by Mail
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DOI: 10.1177/1532673x17737059
Abstract: We study how ballot completion levels in Colorado responded to the adoption of universal vote by mail elections (VBM). VBM systems are among the most widespread and significant election reforms that states have adopted in… read more here.
Keywords: ballot; reducing undervote; ballot completion; vote mail ... See more keywords
Should I Cast an Ill-Informed Ballot? Examining the Contours of the Normative Obligation to Vote
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DOI: 10.1177/1532673x18821359
Abstract: Proparticipatory norms play a central role in driving turnout. However, a broad norm that people are supposed to vote cannot explain why some people fail to participate or why rates of participation vary sharply across… read more here.
Keywords: vote; ballot; ill informed; cast ill ... See more keywords