This article analyzes voter identification laws in the United States and their effects on voter
turnout. Theoretically, there are plausible reasons to hypothesize turnout lowering effects …

The proliferation of increasingly strict voter identification laws around the country has raised
concerns about voter suppression. Although there are many reasons to suspect that these …

In The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the
causes and consequences of racial and ethnic disparities in voter turnout. Examining voting …

Belief in electoral fraud has received heightened attention due to elite rhetoric and
controversial voter identification (ID) laws. Using a two-wave national survey administered …

I study the effects of voting costs—specifically, distance to polling location—using
geographic discontinuities. Opposite sides of boundaries between voting precincts are …

Since 2002, 26 US states have passed laws that enhance restrictions on voters who intend
to register and vote. Most have been sponsored by Republican legislators and passed by …

Polls report that, contrary to the evidence, one quarter of Americans believe that millions of
illegal votes were cast in the 2016 elections. What explains these types of beliefs? This …

Doubts about the legitimacy of the 2016 US elections continue to reverberate and deepen
partisan mistrust in America. A perfect storm followed Republican allegations of fake news …

Today a general mood of pessimism surrounds Western efforts to strengthen elections and
democracy abroad. If elections are often deeply flawed or even broken in many countries …

The COVID-19 pandemic and its concomitant need for social distancing have increased the
attractiveness of voting by mail. This form of voting is nonetheless not a panacea for election …