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Motor Voter by Choice and by Federal Mandate

Michael J. Hanmer-2009-08-17-Cambridge University Press eBooks
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In Chapter 3, I demonstrated that the effect of election day registration (EDR) differs across social and political contexts. In the already high turnout states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, EDR led to a small but significant increase in turnout. The effect of EDR in Idaho, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, states that adopted EDR to avoid federal motor voter legislation, fell short of expectations based on previous studies and the mark set by Minnesota and Wisconsin. These conclusions were derived primarily by using the difference in difference method, a method that aims to control for endogeneity by comparing turnout over time in comparable states. The purpose of this chapter is to estimate the effect of motor voter as implemented via state law and via the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). The states with pre-NVRA laws that were deemed suitable for analysis are Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, and North Carolina.

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In Chapter 3, I demonstrated that the effect of election day registration (EDR) differs across social and political contexts. In the already high turnout states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, EDR led to a small but significant increase in turnout. The effect of EDR in Idaho, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, states that adopted EDR to avoid federal motor voter legislation, fell short of expectations based on previous studies and the mark set by Minnesota and Wisconsin. These conclusions were derived primarily by using the difference in difference method, a method that aims to control for endogeneity by comparing turnout over time in comparable states. The purpose of this chapter is to estimate the effect of motor voter as implemented via state law and via the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). The states with pre-NVRA laws that were deemed suitable for analysis are Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, and North Carolina.

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