Waiting to vote-using EViD data to assess electoral effects of long voting lines
David Cottrell, QSS Postdoctoral Fellow, & Michael Herron, Prof. of Gov. Does waiting in line to vote in the current election reduce one's propensity to vote in future elections?
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Silsby 215
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To answer this question, we analyze a unique voter file produced by EViD voting machines during the early voting period for Florida's 2012 general election. The advantage of this voter file is that it not only identifies the individuals who voted during this period, but also identifies the precise time at which they cast their vote. We leverage this information to determine if those who waited to vote after polls closed were less likely to vote than those who did not have to wait.
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Silsby 215
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Program in Quantitative Social Science
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