State governments have experimented with a variety of election laws to make voting more
convenient and increase turnout. The impacts of these reforms vary in surprising ways …

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in state legislation likely to reduce access for
some voters, including photo identification and proof of citizenship requirements, registration …

Administering Elections provides a digest of contemporary American election administration
using a systems perspective. The authors provide insight into the interconnected nature of …

Over recent decades, the American states have implemented electoral reforms that make it
easier for citizens to register and vote. This article examines the “equality effects” of these …

When states consider adopting new election laws, policy makers often take into account
public opinion and the financial costs of reforms but not the receptivity of those most …

Election reforms are often designed with the goal of increasing voter turnout, and are
implemented even when resisted by election administrators who may have other priorities …

Political representation should be a key issue for poverty scholars. Schattschneider said
more than 30 years ago,“[t] he flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings …

In this article the authors explore the literature on political participation in the states and
argue that research on state political participation has provided the most theoretical and …

This thesis examines recent changes in state level voting laws and their effect on the turnout
rate of different minority group voters. Individual states are in charge of conducting their own …

The addition of early voting laws has led to the many changes in the US political system. In
this dissertation I examine early voting early voting in a number of different contexts. First …