Registration Reform and Turnout Change in the American States
- 1 October 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Politics Quarterly
- Vol. 23 (4) , 409-426
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673x9502300404
Abstract
This article seeks to analyze the relationship between turnout change and reform in the American states. Using pooled cross sections of state-level data, turnout and turnout change over time are compared to registration provisions at the same level. The registration closing date and motor-voter registration show a clear relationship to higher turnout, whereas mail registration and eased purge procedures do not. As a result, turnout gains because of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 are likely, but they will be modest.Keywords
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