Experimental evidence that quorum rules discourage turnout and promote election boycotts

SA election gamers record turnout

Mazel tov! Rice will offer a new minor in Jewish s tud ies beg inn ing this fall. The minor, which was approved by the Faculty Sena te last week, is the start of a long-term effort to bring a ful l-f ledged Jewish s tud ies program to Rice. Professor of Judaic Studies Gregory Kaplan, a long with Professor in Biblical Studies Matthais Henze, both members of the Religious Studies Depar tment , sp...

Experimental Evidence about Whether (and Why) Electoral Closeness Affects Turnout

Closeness, Expenditures, and Turnout in the 2000 Presidential Election

In this article I examine whether turnout in the 2000 presidential election was influenced by closeness and candidate expenditures. Evidence that closeness affects turnout supports the theory that voters assign more weight to their votes in close elections. Evidence that expenditures increase turnout provides support for the argument that greater mobilization efforts increase turnout in close e...

The Impact of Election Day Registration on Voter Turnout and Election Outcomes

It is widely believed that voter registration is a substantial barrier to voter participation in general, but particularly so for likely Democratic voters. A popular solution is election day registration (EDR), which eliminates the closing date by permitting registration at the polls. We posit a small positive effect of EDR on turnout and, contrary to conventional wisdom, theorize that individu...

Election Reform: Does Early Voting Impact Turnout In Municipal Elections?

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