Daniel A. Smith

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    In Georgia, vote by mail isn’t working for many new, young, Black, Hispanic, and Asian voters.

In Georgia, vote by mail isn’t working for many new, young, Black, Hispanic, and Asian voters.

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Georgia has been in the news in recent weeks because of new legislation which effectively restricts the ability of many communities to vote. Using data from the 2018 General election in Georgia, Enrijeta Shino, Mara Suttmann-Lea, and Daniel A. Smith find that ballots from newly registered, young, and Black, Hispanic, and Asian voters were more likely to be rejected […]

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    Party competition is the primary driver of the recent increase in restrictive voter ID laws in the American states

Party competition is the primary driver of the recent increase in restrictive voter ID laws in the American states

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The lead up to the recent midterm elections was marked by contentious debates over the effects on turnout of voter ID laws passed in several American states. In new research William D. Hicks, Seth C. McKee, Mitchell D. Sellers and Daniel A. Smith find that there has been a large increase in the number of states that have adopted voter ID […]

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