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- Title
Race, Party, and the Consequences of Restricting Early Voting in Florida in the 2012 General Election.
- Authors
Herron, Michael C.; Smith, Daniel A.
- Abstract
In mid-2011, the Florida legislature reduced the state's early voting period from fourteen days to eight and eliminated the final Sunday of early voting. We compare observed voting patterns in 2012 with those in the 2008 General Election and find that racial/ethnic minorities, registered Democrats, and those without party affiliation had significant early voting participation drops and that voters who cast ballots on the final Sunday in 2008 were disproportionately unlikely to cast a valid ballot in 2012. Florida's decision to truncate early voting may have diminished participation rates of those already least likely to vote.
- Subjects
EARLY voting; FLORIDA state politics &; government; UNITED States presidential election, 2012; UNITED States presidential election, 2008; VOTING research; VOTER turnout; MINORITIES; DEMOCRATS (United States); UNAFFILIATED voters
- Publication
Political Research Quarterly, 2014, Vol 67, Issue 3, p646
- ISSN
1065-9129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1065912914524831