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Dropbox Allocation and Use Among Georgia Voters in the 2020 Election 2020年大选中佐治亚州选民中Dropbox的分配和使用
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2023.0011
Michael Greenberger, Jason M. Roberts
Ballot dropboxes provide voters who fill out mail-in ballots with a secure and convenient method for returning their ballot. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of ballot dropboxes increased dramatically as voters sought to cast ballots safely and conveniently. In the wake of the 2020 election, ballot dropboxes have come under considerable scrutiny as many Republican-controlled state legislatures have sought to eliminate them or sharply reduce the number available and/or limit the hours in which they can be used by voters. This article uses novel data on the number of ballots collected in Georgia dropboxes paired with measures of how accessible these dropboxes were to voters in order to analyze how the allocation of dropboxes affected voting behavior in an election where voters could choose to vote in a variety of ways. When controlling for the number of potential users, dropboxes closer in distance to voters are used at higher rates. Individuals located closer to dropboxes are more likely to vote by mail and are less likely to fail to return requested mail-in ballots. Our findings carry important implications for election administrators seeking to make voting accessible by adding additional ballot dropboxes and for administrators seeking to adjust to mandated decreases in the number of dropboxes provided to voters.
选票投递箱为填写邮寄选票的选民提供了一种安全方便的邮寄选票方式。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间,由于选民寻求安全和方便地投票,选票投递箱的使用急剧增加。在2020年大选之后,投票箱受到了相当多的审查,因为许多共和党控制的州立法机构试图取消它们,或大幅减少可用的数量和/或限制选民可以使用它们的时间。本文使用了关于在乔治亚州的投票箱中收集的选票数量的新数据,以及投票箱对选民的可访问性的度量,以便分析投票箱的分配如何影响选举中的投票行为,在选举中选民可以选择以各种方式投票。在控制潜在用户数量的情况下,距离选民越近的投票箱使用率越高。离投递箱更近的个人更有可能通过邮件投票,并且不太可能不返回要求的邮寄选票。我们的研究结果对试图通过增加额外的选票投递箱使投票变得容易的选举管理人员以及试图适应向选民提供的选票投递箱数量的强制性减少的管理人员具有重要意义。
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Voter Information Search and Ranked Choice Voting 选民信息搜索和排序选择投票
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0052
Theodoros Ntounias
Does ranked choice voting (RCV) change the information search behavior of voters? I present a theory, consistent with past work on voter behavior and information, which shows that (1) RCV is a more complex informational environment than typical single preference voting, which then predicts that (2) voters should be motivated to search for and retain more information on the candidates, and particularly on non-copartisans. This change in behavior should correspond to an increase in the cost of voting. I design a survey experiment to test this theory on a nationally diverse sample of U.S. adults, and a follow-up survey with bonus incentives to add to the robustness of the results. Results indicate that voters do not adapt their information search and retention behaviors, nor do they spend more cognitive effort in the process of voting. The results are particularly important in the context of the rapid expansion of RCV.
排序选择投票(RCV)是否改变了选民的信息搜索行为?我提出了一个理论,与过去关于选民行为和信息的研究相一致,它表明:(1)RCV是一个比典型的单一偏好投票更复杂的信息环境,然后预测(2)选民应该被激励去搜索和保留更多关于候选人的信息,特别是关于非合作伙伴的信息。这种行为上的改变应该与投票成本的增加相对应。我设计了一个调查实验,在全国不同的美国成年人样本中检验这一理论,并设计了一个带有奖金激励的后续调查,以增加结果的稳健性。结果表明,选民在投票过程中没有调整他们的信息搜索和保留行为,也没有花费更多的认知努力。这一结果在RCV快速扩张的背景下尤为重要。
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Can Election Administration Overcome the Effects of Restrictive State Voting Laws? 选举管理能否克服限制性州投票法的影响?
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0034
Michael J. Ritter, Joseph A. Coll, Caroline J. Tolbert
Since the 2020 election, hundreds of bills have been introduced to state legislatures with new voting restrictions, while many states have made voting more accessible. Undergirding the operation of these laws are a set of rules, procedures, technologies, and local election officials that shape the voting process across the U.S. (Alvarez et al. 2013, 31). Despite evidence documenting election administration matters, little research has investigated the combined impact of multiple state election laws and election administration capacity, using two comprehensive nationwide indices, on voter behavior. Employing administrative data with vote histories from a national voter file over time (2012 to 2020 presidential elections), we test the effects of both election administration and election laws. Applying statistical matching, we find more restrictive state election laws reduce voter turnout, while more election administration capacity has a mixed effect on turnout. Despite a low correlation, these two factors can interact, with quality state election administration partially offsetting the negative effects of restrictive voting laws. The interaction effect is stronger in 2012 and 2020. Academics and policy makers need to consider election administration in models of voter turnout.
自2020年大选以来,各州立法机构已经提出了数百项法案,规定了新的投票限制,而许多州也让投票变得更容易。这些法律运作的基础是一套规则、程序、技术和地方选举官员,这些规则、程序、技术和官员塑造了美国各地的投票过程(Alvarez et al. 2013,31)。尽管有证据证明选举管理问题,但很少有研究使用两个全国性的综合指数来调查多个州的选举法和选举管理能力对选民行为的综合影响。利用全国选民档案中随时间(2012年至2020年总统选举)的带有投票历史的行政数据,我们测试了选举管理和选举法的影响。通过统计匹配,我们发现更严格的州选举法降低了选民投票率,而更多的选举管理能力对投票率的影响是混合的。尽管相关性较低,但这两个因素可以相互作用,高质量的州选举管理可以部分抵消限制性选举法的负面影响。2012年和2020年的交互效应更强。学者和政策制定者需要考虑选民投票率模型中的选举管理。
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Assessing Precinct Consolidation Strategies Through Simulation Optimization 通过模拟优化评估区域整合策略
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0015
Nicholas D. Bernardo, Bridgett A. King, Gretchen A. Macht
The Supreme Court ruling on Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013) provided states and local jurisdictions with increased discretion when operating elections. Since this decision, voters across the United States have experienced a reduction in polling locations through precinct consolidation and polling location closures. Further, passed and pending legislation will restrict vote-by-mail use and early voting in future elections. For many, these changes will restructure the in-person voting experience as more voters will vote in-person on Election Days at fewer locations. While scholarship has demonstrated the effects of polling location consolidation on voter turnout and voter disenfranchisement, less research has investigated the effects on system performance and voter wait times. This analysis applies a simulation optimization to assess the consequences of three polling location consolidation strategies on voter wait time. We find that allocating resources in combination with the consolidation strategy directly affects voter wait times. Our results suggest that consolidating precincts and polling locations requires deliberate resource allocation planning to distribute voting equipment efficiently.
最高法院对谢尔比县诉霍尔德案(570 U.S. 529(2013))的裁决赋予各州和地方司法管辖区在选举中更大的自由裁量权。自这一决定以来,通过选区合并和投票站关闭,美国各地的选民都经历了投票站的减少。此外,已通过和未决的立法将限制在未来选举中使用邮寄投票和提前投票。对许多人来说,这些变化将重新调整亲自投票的体验,因为更多的选民将在选举日在更少的地点亲自投票。虽然学术研究已经证明了投票地点整合对选民投票率和选民权利剥夺的影响,但很少有研究调查投票地点整合对系统性能和选民等待时间的影响。该分析应用模拟优化来评估三种投票地点合并策略对选民等待时间的影响。我们发现资源分配与整合策略的结合直接影响选民等待时间。我们的结果表明,巩固选区和投票地点需要深思熟虑的资源分配计划,以有效地分发投票设备。
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Does the Framing of Information Regarding Foreign Election Interference Matter? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Canada 关于外国选举干预的信息框架是否重要?来自加拿大调查实验的证据
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0042
Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, Holly Ann Garnett
As a response to foreign election interference efforts, politicians and news media have adopted various frames which highlight the hinderance of such interference in electoral processes. However, little research has examined the impact of the framing of this election interference discourse on the attitudes and behaviours of voters. This research examines the impact of negative and positive election interference frames on Canadian voters using an experimental vignette design. Specifically, this study focuses on three dependent variables: citizens' trust in electoral institutions, their likelihood of voting, and their level of comfort using alternative methods of electoral participation. The results suggest that the framing of information on the topic of election interference can have an important impact on citizens' attitudes toward the electoral process. We find that positive, but not negative, information regarding election interference influences respondents' trust in the electoral system. We also find that the effect is greatest in politically uninterested individuals. Lastly, the results show that conservatives hold more negative attitudes towards elections and voting.
作为对外国干预选举努力的回应,政治家和新闻媒体采用了各种框架,强调这种干预对选举进程的阻碍。然而,很少有研究考察了这种选举干预话语的框架对选民态度和行为的影响。本研究考察了消极和积极的选举干扰框架对加拿大选民的影响,使用实验小插图设计。具体而言,本研究侧重于三个因变量:公民对选举机构的信任,他们投票的可能性,以及他们使用其他选举参与方法的舒适程度。研究结果显示,选举干预议题的资讯架构对公民对选举过程的态度有重要影响。我们发现,有关选举干预的正面而非负面信息会影响受访者对选举制度的信任。我们还发现,对政治不感兴趣的个人的影响最大。最后,结果显示保守派对选举和投票持更消极的态度。
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Ranked Choice Voting in Presidential Elections in Maine—A State That Appoints Electors Statewide and By District 缅因州总统选举中的排序选择投票——一个在全州范围内和按地区任命选举人的州
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0035
Michael L. Rosin
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Who Cures Ballots? Evidence from North Carolina's 2020 General Election 谁能治愈选票?来自北卡罗来纳州2020年大选的证据
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0050
Marc Meredith, Lucy Kronenberg
Some states specify a cure process so that voters can address deficiencies with returned mail ballots that would cause them to be rejected. We identify three key elements of a cure process that we theorize affect whether voters utilize it to make their ballots count. First, how voters are informed about disqualifying deficiencies on their ballots. Second, the actions available to voters to cure their ballots. Third, whether stakeholders who engage in voter outreach are given information about ballots with disqualifying deficiencies. We highlight the importance of these elements in the cure process used by North Carolina in the 2020 general election. In this election, about 82 percent of the roughly 26,000 voters who submitted mail ballots eligible for a cure process ultimately cast a counted ballot. About 39 percent of these counted ballots were cured in-person, and greater access to in-person curing options increased the likelihood that a ballot was cured. Democratic and non-major party registrants cured their ballots more often than Republican registrants, particularly when they lived in a county in which the Democratic Party was running a coordinated campaign focused on curing. While election officials sometimes attempted to inform voters by phone about the need to cure, there was no clear relationship between having a phone number recorded in a registration record and the likelihood that a ballot was cured.
一些州规定了一个补救程序,以便选民可以通过邮寄选票来解决可能导致他们被拒绝的缺陷。我们确定了治疗过程的三个关键要素,我们从理论上影响选民是否利用它来使他们的选票计数。首先,如何告知选民选票上存在的不合格缺陷。其次,选民可以采取哪些行动来挽救他们的选票。第三,参与选民外展活动的利益相关者是否获得了有关存在取消资格缺陷的选票的信息。我们强调了北卡罗来纳州在2020年大选中使用的治愈过程中这些因素的重要性。在这次选举中,在大约26,000名有资格通过邮寄方式投票的选民中,大约82%的人最终投了一张点票。在这些被统计的选票中,约有39%的选票是亲自治愈的,而更多的面对面治疗选择增加了选票被治愈的可能性。民主党和非主要政党的登记选民比共和党登记选民更容易放弃选票,特别是当他们居住的县民主党正在开展一场协调一致的竞选活动时。虽然选举官员有时试图通过电话告知选民需要修复,但在登记记录中记录电话号码与选票被修复的可能性之间没有明确的关系。
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Details Matter: Secluded Areas and Voting Secrecy with French Ballots 细节问题:僻静的地区和法国选票的投票保密
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0011
Peter Esaiasson, Annika Fredén, Jan Teorell
To explore the psychology of voting secrecy, we conducted a field experiment to examine voter sensitivity to arrangements for ballot paper selection under the French ballot system (i.e., multiple ballot papers). Working closely with Swedish election authorities, we randomly assigned participants to vote in a fictional election under low, medium-high and high privacy conditions with a follow up paper-and-pen survey to record perceived voting secrecy. Results show that participants perceived an arrangement for selecting ballot papers behind a closed screen as clearly more secret than one where selection was public, and that a third and even more private arrangement, where voters did not have to walk a few meters with ballot papers in hand, potentially visible to onlookers, provided even higher levels of perceived secrecy. The study demonstrates that voters are sensitive even to small changes in the voting environment. Accordingly, election administrators should be aware that details matter for the experience of voting secretly.
为了探索投票保密的心理,我们进行了一项实地实验,以检验法国投票制度下选民对选票选择安排(即多张选票)的敏感性。我们与瑞典选举当局密切合作,随机分配参与者在低、中高和高隐私条件下的虚构选举中投票,随后用纸笔进行调查,以记录感知到的投票保密性。结果显示,参与者认为,在封闭的屏幕后面选择选票的安排显然比公开选择的安排更秘密,而第三种甚至更私密的安排,即选民不必拿着选票走几米远,可能被旁观者看到,提供了更高的神秘感。研究表明,选民即使对投票环境的微小变化也很敏感。因此,选举管理人员应该意识到,细节对秘密投票的体验很重要。
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Correction to: No Accountability Without Transparency and Consistency: Evaluating Mexico's Redistricting-by-Formula, by Trelles et al. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy 2023;22(1):80-99; doi: 10.1089/elj.2021.0061. 更正:《没有透明度和一致性就没有问责制:按公式评估墨西哥的选区重新划分》,Trelles等人,《选举法杂志:规则、政治和政策2023》;22(1):80-99;doi:10.1089/elj.2021.0061。
IF 1.2 Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2021.0061.correx

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1089/elj.2021.0061.].

[这更正了文章DOI:10.1089/elj.2021.0061.]。
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What Happens When the President Calls You an “Enemy of the People?” Election Officials and Public Sentiment 当总统称你为“人民的敌人”会发生什么?选举官员和民意
Q1 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1089/elj.2022.0058
Joelle Gross, Samuel Baltz, Charles Stewart
False information about the legitimacy of recent American elections has prompted a barrage of harsh rhetoric against the officials who administer them. This spike in negativity, largely occurring through social media, is driving people out of these essential jobs. This article measures the extent of this negativity, how it has trended over time, which state administrations are targeted by it most, and what sorts of accounts are sending it. By collecting every reply to any Twitter account managed by the agency or person officially responsible for administering a state's elections, we show that the usage of keywords related to election fraud has spiked in recent years, while the sentiments of the replies have grown almost universally harsher. While left-leaning repliers are usually negative towards Republican officials, and vice versa, some officials have begun to receive negative replies from both the left and right, with sustained pile-ons led almost entirely by right-leaning repliers.
关于最近美国选举合法性的虚假信息,引发了针对管理这些选举的官员的一连串严厉言论。这种负面情绪的激增,主要是通过社交媒体发生的,正在迫使人们离开这些重要的工作。本文衡量了这种负面情绪的程度,它是如何随着时间的推移而发展的,哪些州的行政部门是这种情绪的主要目标,以及哪些账户在发送这种情绪。通过收集官方负责管理一个州选举的机构或个人管理的任何Twitter账户的每一条回复,我们发现,与选举欺诈相关的关键词的使用近年来激增,而回复的情绪几乎普遍变得更加严厉。虽然左倾的回复者通常对共和党官员持负面态度,反之亦然,但一些官员已经开始收到来自左右两派的负面回复,持续的抨击几乎完全是由右倾的回复者主导的。
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