Election Science, Reform, and Administration Conference

Polling Places

Poll Worker Decision making at the American Ballot Box – Mara Suttmann-Lea (Connecticut College)
The Impact of Polling Place Practices on Voting – Christopher Mann (Skidmore College) and Robert Stein (Rice Univ.)
The Quiet Revolution: Convenience Voting, Vote Centers, and Turnout in Texas – Jeronimo Cortina (Univ. of Houston) and Brandon Rottinghaus (Univ. of Houston)
Data Visualization and Voter Arrival Behavior Analytics – James Houghton (Univ. of Rhode Island), Nicholas D. Bernardo (Univ. of Rhode Island), and Gretchen Macht (Univ. of Rhode Island),
Discussants: Jason Casellas (Univ. of Houston) and Tim Benyo (Lehigh County, PA)
Chair: Barry Burden (Univ. of Wisconsin)

Registration Effects of Automatic Voter Registration in the United States – Eric McGhee (Public Policy Institute of California) and Mindy Romero (UC-Davis)
Evaluating the Quality of Changes in Voter Registration Databases – Seo-young Silvia Kim (Cal Tech), Spencer Schneider (Cal Tech), Michael Alvarez (Cal Tech)
Identifying how Internet Availability Shapes the Impact of Online Voter Registration on Political Participation – Michael Ritter (Washington State Univ.) and Caroline Tolbert (Univ. of Iowa)
Discussants: Jennifer Morrell (Democracy Fund) and Jonathan Robinson (Catalist)
Chair: Holly Ann Garnett (Royal Military College of Canada)

Learning about Undervotes from Ballot-Level Data: Evidence from the 2018 Florida Midterm Election – Michael Morse (Harvard; Yale Law) and Marc Meredith (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Ballot Design, Voter Intentions, and Representation: A Study of the 2018 Midterm Election in Florida – Michael Herron (Dartmouth College), Michael D. Martinez (Univ. of Florida), and Daniel Smith (Univ. of Florida)
Party Allegiance on the Long Ballot: Is Ticket Splitting More Prevalent in State and Local Elections? – Shiro Kuriwaki (Harvard)
Discussants: David Kimball (Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis) and Erik Paulson (Code for Madison)
Chair: Martha Kropf (Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte)

Electoral Rules and Voter Turnout in Mayoral Elections: An Analysis of Ranked-Choice Voting – Jason McDaniel (San Francisco State Univ.)
Adventures in Ranked Choice Voting: Examining Maine’s 2018 Gubernatorial Primary – Drew Kurlowski (Coastal Carolina Univ.)
Ranked Choice Voting in Maine from the Perspective of Election Authorities – Joseph Anthony (Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis), Amy Fried (Univ. of Maine), Robert Glover (Univ. of Maine), and David C. Kimball (Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis),
Discussants: Michael Miller (Barnard College) and Michael Fincher (Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office)
Chair: David Kimball (Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis)

A Large-Scale Experiment to Increase Turnout in the City of Philadelphia – Dan Hopkins (Univ. of Pennsylvania) and Susanne Schwarz (Princeton Univ.)
Measuring Voter Engagement in Election Administration: How Much Do States Ask from Local Election Officials? – Thessalia Merivaki (Mississippi State Univ.) and Mara Suttman-Lea (Connecticut College)
Changing the Way People Vote? An Examination of the Voter Choice Act and Vote Center Implementation in California – Lisa Bryant (California State Univ.-Fresno)
Who Votes: City Election Timing and the Composition of Voters – Zoltan Hajnal (UCSD) and Vlad Kogan (Ohio State)
The Effect of Election Consolidation on Turnout: Evidence from California – Connor Phillips (Harvard)
Discussants: Alex Garlick (The College of New Jersey) and Anthony Gutierrez (Wicomico County, MD)
Chair: Daniel Smith (Univ. of Florida)

Promises and Perils of Mobile Voting – Anthony Fowler (Univ. of Chicago)
American Trust in Voting Technology – Holly Ann Garnett (Royal Military College of Canada) and Pam Simpson (Royal Military College of Canada)
Why Georgia, Why? Peach State Residents’ Perceptions of Voting-Related Improprieties and Their Impact on the 2018 Gubernatorial Election – Trey Hood (Univ. of Georgia) and Seth C. McKee (Texas Tech)
Does Vote-by-Mail Cause Voters to Gather Information About Politics? – James Szewczyk (Emory)
Discussants: Monica Bustinza (Florida Intl Univ.) and Maurice Turner (Center for Democracy & Technology)
Chair: Jan Leighley (American University)

Administrative Decision Making & Barriers to Political Participation – Bridgett A. King (Auburn Univ.)
The Zeroeth Amendment: Apportionment and the Perpetuation of Partisan Bias – Daniel Blyth Magleby (SUNY Binghamton) and Gregory Robinson (SUNY Binghamton)
The Limits of Partisanship in Citizen Preferences on Redistricting – Devin McCarthy (Duke)
Discussants: Eric McGhee (Public Policy Institute of California) and Paul Gronke (Reed College)
Chair: Zoltan Hajnal (Univ. of California-San Diego)

Restoring Rights, Restoring Trust: Evidence that Reversing Felon Disenfranchisement Penalties Increases Both Trust and Cooperation in Government – Victoria Shineman (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Who Registers? The Restoration of Ex-Felon Voting Rights in Florida – Michael Herron (Dartmouth College), Michael McDonald (Univ. of Florida), and Daniel Smith (Univ. of Florida)
The Durable Deterring Effects of Strict Photo Identification Laws – Justin Grimmer (Stanford) and Jesse Yoder (Stanford)
Discussants: Michael Hanmer (Univ. of Maryland) and Kevin Kennedy (Kennedy Election Law Services)
Chair: Stephen Pettigrew (Univ. of Pennsylvania and NBC News)

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