Georgetown University LogoGeorgetown University Library LogoDigitalGeorgetown Home
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   DigitalGeorgetown Home
    • Georgetown University Institutional Repository
    • McCourt School of Public Policy
    • Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Public Policy
    • View Item
    •   DigitalGeorgetown Home
    • Georgetown University Institutional Repository
    • McCourt School of Public Policy
    • Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Public Policy
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Assessing the trend toward liberalization: has no-excuse absentee voting increased voter turnout?

    Cover for Assessing the trend toward liberalization: has no-excuse absentee voting increased voter turnout?
    View/Open
    View/Open: etd_mmg52.pdf (229kB) Bookview

    Creator
    Grabowski, Matthew
    Grabowski, Matthew
    Abstract
    Few researchers have attempted to investigate the apparent link between rates of absentee voting and voter turnout in U.S. elections. In an effort to sketch a more accurate portrait of this relationship, my own research expands upon an existing theoretical framework. "The Effects of Eligibility Restrictions and Party Activity on Absentee Voting and Overall Turnout," by J. Eric Oliver appeared in the May 1996 issue of the American Journal of Political Science. Using data from the 1992 Current Population Survey, Voter Supplement File, Oliver employs logistic regressions with key variables of interest measuring state restrictions to absentee voting, the nature of each state's primary elections, and the extent of party activity in each state. I have updated and revised Oliver's research using a more recent edition of the Current Population Survey (November 2004). Where appropriate, relevant changes to state absentee voting restrictions and party primaries over the past decade have been incorporated within modified versions of Oliver's regression models. In contrast to the research conducted by Oliver more than a decade ago, I find no quantifiable association between access to absentee ballots and overall voter turnout. Moreover, I find no evidence to suggest that voter turnout varies between states with closed primaries and those holding open primary elections.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/555818
    Date Published
    2007-04-18
    Subject
    voting; absentee; elections; participation;
    Type
    thesis
    Extent
    235418 bytes
    Collections
    • Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Public Policy
    Metadata
    Show full item record

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Cover for Election Law and Voting Behavior: Does the Introduction of New Alternative Voting Methods Influence Voter Turnout?

      Election Law and Voting Behavior: Does the Introduction of New Alternative Voting Methods Influence Voter Turnout? 

      Meyer, Steven (Georgetown University, 2021)
      The topic of Alternative Voting Method (AVM) law reform has been subject to frequent political discourse and analysis. Prominent AVM law reforms include unrestricted absentee ballot request laws, the introduction of early ...
    Related Items in Google Scholar

    Georgetown University Seal
    ©2009 - 2022 Georgetown University Library
    37th & O Streets NW
    Washington DC 20057-1174
    202.687.7385
    digitalscholarship@georgetown.edu
    Accessibility
     

     

    Browse

    All of DigitalGeorgetownCommunities & CollectionsCreatorsTitlesBy Creation DateThis CollectionCreatorsTitlesBy Creation Date

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Georgetown University Seal
    ©2009 - 2022 Georgetown University Library
    37th & O Streets NW
    Washington DC 20057-1174
    202.687.7385
    digitalscholarship@georgetown.edu
    Accessibility