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Voting Technology, Vote-by-Mail, and Residual Votes in California, 1990-2010
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California Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
We examine how the growth in vote-by-mail and changes in voting technologies led to changes in the residual vote rate in California from 1990 to 2010. In California's presidential elections, counties that abandoned punch cards in favor of optical scanning enjoyed a significant improvement in the residual vote rate. We also conduct the first analysis of the effects of the rise of vote-by-mail on residual votes. Regardless of the election, increased use of the mail to cast ballots is robustly associated with a significant rise in the residual vote rate.
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© 2011 University of Utah. Published online before print December 13, 2012. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was conducted with financial support from the James Irvine Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.Attached Files
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- James Irvine Foundation
- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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