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The Effect of Registration Laws on Voter Turnout

Rosenstone, Steven J., Wolfinger, Raymond E.·1978·American Political Science Review
DOI 10.2307/1953597
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After the drastic relaxation of voter registration requirements in the 1960s, do present state laws keep people away from the polls? More specifically, which provisions have how much effect on what kinds of people? We have answered these questions with data from the Current Population Survey conducted by the Census Bureau in November 1972. State registration laws reduced turnout in the 1972 presidential election by about nine percentage points. The impact of the laws was heaviest in the South and on less educated people of both races. Early deadlines for registration and limited registration office hours were the biggest impediments to turnout. Contrary to expectations, changing these requirements would not substantially alter the character of the electorate. The voting population would be faintly less affluent and educated; the biggest difference would be a matter of one or two percentage points. In strictly political terms, the change would be even fainter–a gain for the Democrats of less than half a percent.

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  2. 1972, Congressional Record, 7530
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Metadata

Authors
Rosenstone, S. J., & Wolfinger, R. E.
Venue
American Political Science Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1978-03
Volume
72
Issue
1
Pages
22-45
ISSN
  • 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5943
DOI
10.2307/1953597
OpenAlex
W2017247623
Cited by
274
References
14
FWCI
66.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 13302 d)

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