Does Distance Matter? Evaluating the Impact of Drop Boxes on Voter Turnout.
Objective: This article examines the impact that reducing the distance to a voter's nearest ballot drop box has on turnout. Methods: The placement of five new ballot drop boxes was randomized among six potential sites identified based on similar criteria. The randomization of the five boxes across t...
| Publicado en: | Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 101; no. 5; pp. 1789 - 1810 |
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