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Datos Bibliográficos

ID6341865
AutoresEllen Seljan (0000-0001-9297-3827, Lewis & Clark College), Paul Gronke (0000-0002-5189-6148, Reed College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen11
Número4
Páginas855-876
Fecha de publicación2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Science Research and Methods (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2049-8470 • E-ISSN: 2049-8489
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/psrm.2023.5
OpenAlexW4320922430
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas24

This paper estimates the effect of automatic voter registration (AVR) on voter turnout in California and Oregon. AVR systems register to vote all eligible individuals who transact with proscribed government agencies, most commonly the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMVs). The article isolates one part of the causal impact of AVR on turnout by taking advantage of a temporal feature of license renewals. Many individuals interact with the DMV periodically due to the need to renew drivers' licenses. Because licenses in both California and Oregon expire on birthdays, an individual's birth date can be treated as an exogenous variable discriminating between some individuals who are registered to vote in time for the election, while others are not. Our instrumental variable analysis compares registration and voting rates for individuals with birth dates prior and subsequent to the voter registration deadline. After calculating a causal effect of AVR on turnout at the individual level, we extrapolate this AVR “birthday” effect to overall voter turnout for these states

Actuarial science · Business · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Instrumental variable · License · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Turnout · Variable (mathematics · Voter registration · Voting · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Law · Mathematics · Public Administration