Mike Morse
Biographic Data
| ID | 323740 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Morse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Morse |
| SIGNATURE | MORSE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7493-7849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Election administration harms and ballot design: A study of Florida's 2018 United States Senate race
We introduce a typology of election administration harms and apply it to empirically study the consequences of ballot design. Our typology distinguishes between individual, electoral, and systemic harms. Together, it clarifies why ballot design can be a particular vulnerability in election administration. Using both ballot‐level and precinct‐level data, we revisit Florida's 2018 United States Senate race, in which Broward County's ballot design f…
One Person, One Vote: Estimating the Prevalence of Double Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections
Beliefs about the incidence of voter fraud inform how people view the trade-off between electoral integrity and voter accessibility. To better inform such beliefs about the rate of double voting, we develop and apply a method to estimate how many people voted twice in the 2012 presidential election. We estimate that about one in 4,000 voters cast two ballots, although an audit suggests that the true rate may be lower due to small errors in electr…
The Politics of the Restoration of Ex-Felon Voting Rights: The Case of Iowa
We investigate how the restoration of voting rights affects the political participation of ex-felons. Our primary analysis uses unique administrative data from Iowa, which changed how ex-felons restore their voting rights in both 2005 and 2011. Prior to 2005, ex-felons had to apply to the governor to restore their voting rights. We show that ex-felon turnout increased after Iowa began to automatically restore these rights. Consistent with misinfo…
Do Voting Rights Notification Laws Increase Ex-Felon Turnout
Previous research documents widespread confusion about who can and cannot vote among people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. This research, and considerable activism drawing attention to the issue, has spurred a number of state legislatures to pass laws requiring the states to notify ex-felons about their voting rights. The purpose of this article is to better understand the policy processes that produce these notifica…
Craniology and the Adoption of the Three-Age System in Britain
The development of the three-age system in Scandinavia has been of great interest to historians of archaeology, but the system's spread to the British Isles has received little attention, leaving a false impression that its importance has always derived from the revolutionary methodology of C.J. Thomsen. It was not Thomsen's method of putting artefacts in a chronological series, however, that first appealed to British researchers in the mid 19th …
To Rosemary Killam: An Open Letter and Reply (MTO 3.2)
Professor Killam’s article in MTO 3.2 relies on forms of rhetoric and argumentation which reiterate familiar tactics and reinscribe outmoded gender differences
What's in a Name? The 'Celts' in Presentations of Prehistory in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
In presentations of prehistory in museums and heritage centres in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, the 'Celts' often appear as a prehistoric ethnic category. This single name, however, carries different meanings in these three contexts. This paper examines the range of prehistoric presentations across these regions in order to discover the relationship between the meaning of the word 'Celt' and the type of authority invoked to convey that meaning. I…
Seeking an Ethical Balance in Archaeological Practice in Ecuador
An examination of the context in which archaeology is practiced in Ecuador demonstrates that two current ethical concerns within the discipline--the conservation of the archaeological record and the recognition of local cultural autonomy--often conflict with one another. Under circumstances where only one ethical concern can be adequately addressed, archaeologists face a difficult decision. Because each archaeologist reacts differently to such a …
Sport as a Model for Cultural Interaction: The Classic Maya Ball Game
As we try to understand and assess the role sport plays in our own society, it is instructive to examine the role sport has played for past civilizations. In case after case, it seems that sport has functioned as a time-honored stage on which societies define conventions of interaction, especially conflict. The ball game of Mesoamerica's Classic Period provides a particularly revealing case study because its growth and decline was linked to the c…
Do Voting Rights Notification Laws Increase Ex-Felon Turnout
Previous research documents widespread confusion about who can and cannot vote among people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. This research, and considerable activism drawing attention to the issue, has spurred a number of state legislatures to pass laws requiring the states to notify ex-felons about their voting rights. The purpose of this article is to better understand the policy processes that produce these notifica…
The Politics of the Restoration of Ex-Felon Voting Rights: The Case of Iowa
We investigate how the restoration of voting rights affects the political participation of ex-felons. Our primary analysis uses unique administrative data from Iowa, which changed how ex-felons restore their voting rights in both 2005 and 2011. Prior to 2005, ex-felons had to apply to the governor to restore their voting rights. We show that ex-felon turnout increased after Iowa began to automatically restore these rights. Consistent with misinfo…
One Person, One Vote: Estimating the Prevalence of Double Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections
Beliefs about the incidence of voter fraud inform how people view the trade-off between electoral integrity and voter accessibility. To better inform such beliefs about the rate of double voting, we develop and apply a method to estimate how many people voted twice in the 2012 presidential election. We estimate that about one in 4,000 voters cast two ballots, although an audit suggests that the true rate may be lower due to small errors in electr…
Craniology and the Adoption of the Three-Age System in Britain
The development of the three-age system in Scandinavia has been of great interest to historians of archaeology, but the system's spread to the British Isles has received little attention, leaving a false impression that its importance has always derived from the revolutionary methodology of C.J. Thomsen. It was not Thomsen's method of putting artefacts in a chronological series, however, that first appealed to British researchers in the mid 19th …
Election administration harms and ballot design: A study of Florida's 2018 United States Senate race
We introduce a typology of election administration harms and apply it to empirically study the consequences of ballot design. Our typology distinguishes between individual, electoral, and systemic harms. Together, it clarifies why ballot design can be a particular vulnerability in election administration. Using both ballot‐level and precinct‐level data, we revisit Florida's 2018 United States Senate race, in which Broward County's ballot design f…
Sport as a Model for Cultural Interaction: The Classic Maya Ball Game
As we try to understand and assess the role sport plays in our own society, it is instructive to examine the role sport has played for past civilizations. In case after case, it seems that sport has functioned as a time-honored stage on which societies define conventions of interaction, especially conflict. The ball game of Mesoamerica's Classic Period provides a particularly revealing case study because its growth and decline was linked to the c…
Seeking an Ethical Balance in Archaeological Practice in Ecuador
An examination of the context in which archaeology is practiced in Ecuador demonstrates that two current ethical concerns within the discipline--the conservation of the archaeological record and the recognition of local cultural autonomy--often conflict with one another. Under circumstances where only one ethical concern can be adequately addressed, archaeologists face a difficult decision. Because each archaeologist reacts differently to such a …
What's in a Name? The 'Celts' in Presentations of Prehistory in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
In presentations of prehistory in museums and heritage centres in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, the 'Celts' often appear as a prehistoric ethnic category. This single name, however, carries different meanings in these three contexts. This paper examines the range of prehistoric presentations across these regions in order to discover the relationship between the meaning of the word 'Celt' and the type of authority invoked to convey that meaning. I…
To Rosemary Killam: An Open Letter and Reply (MTO 3.2)
Professor Killam’s article in MTO 3.2 relies on forms of rhetoric and argumentation which reiterate familiar tactics and reinscribe outmoded gender differences
Craniology and the Adoption of the Three-Age System in Britain
The development of the three-age system in Scandinavia has been of great interest to historians of archaeology, but the system's spread to the British Isles has received little attention, leaving a false impression that its importance has always derived from the revolutionary methodology of C.J. Thomsen. It was not Thomsen's method of putting artefacts in a chronological series, however, that first appealed to British researchers in the mid 19th …
Do Voting Rights Notification Laws Increase Ex-Felon Turnout
Previous research documents widespread confusion about who can and cannot vote among people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. This research, and considerable activism drawing attention to the issue, has spurred a number of state legislatures to pass laws requiring the states to notify ex-felons about their voting rights. The purpose of this article is to better understand the policy processes that produce these notifica…
The Politics of the Restoration of Ex-Felon Voting Rights: The Case of Iowa
We investigate how the restoration of voting rights affects the political participation of ex-felons. Our primary analysis uses unique administrative data from Iowa, which changed how ex-felons restore their voting rights in both 2005 and 2011. Prior to 2005, ex-felons had to apply to the governor to restore their voting rights. We show that ex-felon turnout increased after Iowa began to automatically restore these rights. Consistent with misinfo…
One Person, One Vote: Estimating the Prevalence of Double Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections
Beliefs about the incidence of voter fraud inform how people view the trade-off between electoral integrity and voter accessibility. To better inform such beliefs about the rate of double voting, we develop and apply a method to estimate how many people voted twice in the 2012 presidential election. We estimate that about one in 4,000 voters cast two ballots, although an audit suggests that the true rate may be lower due to small errors in electr…
Election administration harms and ballot design: A study of Florida's 2018 United States Senate race
We introduce a typology of election administration harms and apply it to empirically study the consequences of ballot design. Our typology distinguishes between individual, electoral, and systemic harms. Together, it clarifies why ballot design can be a particular vulnerability in election administration. Using both ballot‐level and precinct‐level data, we revisit Florida's 2018 United States Senate race, in which Broward County's ballot design f…
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