Absentee Voting by People with Disabilities: Promoting Access and Integrity
This article discusses ways to simultaneously improve accessibility of absentee voting and allow people with disabilities to cast votes independently. Continue reading
Civic Design Bibliography | absentee-voting
Who Converts to Vote-By-Mail? Evidence From a Field Experiment
The article investigates the effects of lowering the cost of signing up for vote-by-mail (VBM) and the type of voter that uses the low-cost option. Continue reading
Will Vote-by-Mail Elections Increase Participation? Evidence from California Counties
A report on a study testing predictions that voting by mail increases voter turnout. The authors compare turnout between vote by mail and traditional polling place precincts in California during the 2000 and 2002 General Elections. The research found that voting by mail: Does not increase voter turnout in presidential … Continue reading
Getting out the vote: Assessing technological, social and process barriers to (e) voting for people with disabilities
A survey found that beyond resource constraints social and psychological effects add to lower voter turnout among voters with disabilities. Continue reading