Reducing the Costs of Participation
In: Political research quarterly: PRQ ; official journal of the Western Political Science Association and other associations, Band 63, Heft 2, S. 295-303
ISSN: 1938-274X
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. Adapted from the source document.