Electronic Voting Machines and Ballot Roll-Off
- 1 July 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Politics Quarterly
- Vol. 23 (3) , 300-318
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673x9502300303
Abstract
Innovations in voting systems raise questions about the electoral effects of such developments. This study examines the impact of a new voting device, electronic voting machines, on ballot roll-off. It is found that electronic machines sharply attenuate roll—off—particularly in lower visibility contests at the bottom of the ballot—even after various other forces related to voter fatigue are taken into consideration. These are surprising results, given that recent studies have attributed only minimal effects to electronic machines. Finally, the electoral and normative implications of widespread use of electronic voting machines are considered.Keywords
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