The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have
been introduced across the world. This book establishes why election administration might …

Administering Elections provides a digest of contemporary American election administration
using a systems perspective. The authors provide insight into the interconnected nature of …

The United States routinely has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any developed
democracy in the world. That rate is also among the most internally diverse, since the federal …

In this article we study the effects of Election Day vote centers on voter turnout. Specifically
we examine Texas and Colorado's experience with alternative arrangements for the number …

The use of vote centers—specific locations in a county where all voters will vote—is on the
rise nationwide, as more than a dozen states used this process by 2018. More states are …

In recent years many states have reformed (or considered reforming) their electoral
administration to increase turnout. This article uses the existing international literature on …

Polling place consolidation makes administering voting easier but scholars question the
effect on turnout. Vote centers (which consolidate polling locations) are theoretically less …

Against the background of „the new normal‟ occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic, it is not in
doubt that the conduct of election will experience new challenges. This is particularly true of …

This paper analyzes the effect of Election Day vote centers on turnout, voters' choice of
polling location, and the spatial distribution of voting in the 2011 election in Travis County …

My dissertation investigates the extent to which new voter registration laws (election day
registration and same day registration) achieve their goal of improving low voter turnout …