The Administration of Voter Registration
ISBN:
978-3-03-048058-5
Auflage:
1st ed. 2021
Verlag:
Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
18.09.2020
Reihe:
Elections, Voting, Technology
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
170
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This book examines the dynamics behind shifts in voter registration rates across the states and adopts a framework of collaborative governance with election administration at its center. The book starts by introducing readers to the “voter registration gap,” an aggregate measure of variance in voter registration, and demonstrates how it fluctuates between federal elections. To explain why this variance exists, the author examines the relationship between federal reforms, such as the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the Help America Vote Act; and state-level reforms, such as Online Voter Registration. Thessalia Merivaki argues that the weak relationship between the two is not surprising, since it hides dramatic variations in administrative practices at the local level, which take place in shorter intervals than the most frequently used two-year estimates. In closing, she shows that challenges to successfully registering to vote persist, largely because of how, when, and whereeligible citizens have to register.
Schlagwörter
Collaborative Governance
Election Administration
Election Reform
Help America Vote Act
HAVA
Voter Registration
Motor Voter
State-level Reforms
Voter Registration Validity
Voter Registration Modernization
OVR
Online Voter Registration
Voter Registration Deadlines
Voter Registration Method
Election Day Registration
Federal Election Commission
Voter Registration Gap
Local Elections Officials
NVRA
National Voter Registration Act
Biografische Anmerkung
Thessalia Merivaki is an Assistant Professor of American Politics in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Mississippi State University, USA. Her works on voter list maintenance and provisional ballots have been published in Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, State Politics a nd Policy Quarterly, and Social Science Quarterly.
