Punch Card Technology and the Racial Gap in Residual Votes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6318779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin Buchler (Oberlin College), Matthew G Jarvis (University of California, Berkeley), Matthew Jarvis (0000-0002-9558-7478), John E Mcnulty (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592704040319 |
| OpenAlex | W2111673040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 2 |
Votomatic-style punch card voting systems produce higher rates of residual voting than other technologies, but the effect of punch card voting systems is not uniform. Minority voters are less likely to have their votes properly recorded with punch card systems than are nonminorities. This racial gap occurs, for the most part, because punch card systems lead to higher rates of "undervoting" by minorities. When election administrators switch to other systems, such as optical scan systems, the racial gap is significantly reduced. Punch card voting systems, then, constitute a disproportionate obstacle to minority voting. This effectively gives less weight to votes cast by minorities than to votes cast by nonminorities, and arguably violates constitutional requirements for equal voting rights. The mechanism is similar to the literacy tests that were abandoned after the 1970 amendments to the Voting Rights Act.The authors are grateful to UC Berkeley's Survey Research Center for research support and are deeply indebted to Henry E. Brady. Our thanks also to the anonymous reviewers and to the editorial staff at Perspectives on Politics for their helpful suggestions and hard work on our behalf
Computer security · Disapproval voting · Political science · Politics · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |