Who Is Left Out? The Process of Validating Voter Registration Applications
Part of Special Symposium on Election Sciences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6180272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thessalia Merivaki (0000-0003-3468-6293, Mississippi State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 682-686 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Politics Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-673X • E-ISSN: 1552-3373 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532673x20914613 |
| OpenAlex | W3040863049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Whose voter registration requires further verification and why? And why are some prospective registrants left out from voter records? These questions can uncover challenges in the voter registration process, and potential implementation issues with federal and state law. In this article, I analyze “on hold” voter registration applications processed between November 2007 and September 2008 in Florida’s Hillsborough and Miami-Dade Counties. I evaluate why individuals were left out of the voter rolls, by matching their records to snapshots of the counties’ voter records from December 2008. I find that “on hold” applicants face persistent challenges in successfully registering to vote, particularly depending on when they attempt to register and what type of information they omit from a voter registration application
Miami · Political science · Politics · Statistics · Voter registration · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |