Equal access to voting is a core feature of democratic government. Using data from
hundreds of thousands of smartphone users, we quantify a racial disparity in voting wait …

Recent elections have witnessed substantial debate regarding the degree to which state
governments facilitate access to the polls. Despite this newfound interest, however, many of …

We estimate effects of early voting on voter turnout using a 2010 homogenization law from
Ohio that forced some counties to expand and others to contract early voting. Using voter …

Lines at the polls raise the cost of voting and can precipitate unequal treatment of voters.
Research on voting lines is nonetheless hampered by a fundamental measurement …

Because of the COVID-19 threat to in-person voting in the November 2020 election, state
and local election officials have pivoted to mail-in voting as a potential solution. This method …

Despite the expansion of convenience voting across the American states, millions of voters
continue to cast ballots at their local precincts on Election Day. We argue that those …

State legislatures are tasked with drawing state and federal districts and administering
election law, among many other responsibilities. Yet state legislatures are themselves …

Are more politically knowledgeable registered voters more likely to cast their ballots prior to
Election Day when given an option to do so? We argue that individuals with high political …

North Carolina offers its residents the opportunity to cast early in-person (EIP) ballots prior to
Election Day, a practice known locally as “One-Stop” voting. Following a successful legal …

Does the expansion of voting by mail lead to higher turnout rates? Our thesis challenges the
theoretical motivation underlying existing studies that expect merely a substitution effect, or …