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1. The Impact of Voting Systems on Residual Votes, Incomplete Ballots, and Other Measures of Voting Behavior.

Author

Traugott, Michael W., Hanmer, Michael J., Won-Ho Park, Herrnson, Paul S., Niemi, Richard, Conrad, Fred, and Bederson, Benjamin

Subjects
*ELECTION equipment, *VOTING machines, *EXPERIMENTAL design
Abstract

The article discusses the general approach of natural experiments as an effective research design for the study of the effects of the adoption of new voting technology. The analysis focuses on the states of Florida and Michigan since they represent two different examples of the nature of change that is taking place in election administration. The article explains an appropriate statistical technique for ecological analysis that was employed successfully in other analyses of shifts in election administration using similar data resources.

Published
2005

2. Losing Fewer Votes The Impact of Changing Voting Systems on Residual Votes.

Author

Hanmer, Michael J., Won-Ho Park, Traugott, Michael W., Niemi, Richard G., Herrnson, Paul S., Bederson, Benjamin B., and Conrad, Frederick C.

Subjects
*VOTING machines, *ELECTRONIC voting, *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, *VOTERS, *BALLOTS
Abstract

Problems in the 2000 presidential election, especially in Florida, initiated a large-scale shift toward new voting technology. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we report on the effects of changes in voting systems in Florida and Michigan. The variety of initial conditions and the numerous changes make these excellent case studies. We find that reforms succeeded in reducing the residual vote. Every change from old to new technology resulted in a decline in residual votes that was significantly greater than in areas that did not change voting equipment. The percentage of residual votes in the 2004 presidential race in localities that changed voting systems was well under 1 percent, representing a 90 percent reduction in error in Florida and a 35 percent reduction in Michigan. We run these analyses separately for undervotes and overvotes. Using ecological-inference techniques, we investigate the persistence of residual votes when technology changed and find very little persistence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010
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