Early Voting Laws, Voter Turnout, and Partisan Vote Composition: Evidence from Ohio

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kaplan, Ethan; Yuan, Haishan
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Queensland
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20180192
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 32-60
• 关键词: consequences; florida

摘要

We estimate effects of early voting on voter turnout using a 2010 homogenization law from Ohio that forced some counties to expand and others to contract early voting. Using voter registration data, we compare individuals who live within the same 2 x 2 mile square block but in different counties. We find substantial positive impacts of early voting on turnout equal to 0.22 percentage points of additional turnout per additional early voting day. We also find greater impacts on women, Democrats, independents, and those of child-bearing and working age. We simulate impacts of national early day laws on recent election outcomes.