 Waiting to vote: the effect of administrative irregularities at polling locations and voter confidenceBridgett A. King Policy Studies, 2020, vol. 41, issue 2-3, 230-248 Abstract: When citizens experience an irregularity while voting, their confidence in elections is diminished, and they are more likely to perceive the results of the election as illegitimate. Although there are many irregularities that a voter may experience, this article evaluates the consequence of extensive wait times to vote on citizen confidence in the United States. Utilizing the 2008–2016 Survey on the Performance of American Elections (SPAE) the analysis finds that wait times have a negative effect on confidence as do challenges with the voting equipment and voter registration. The effect of negative experiences extends beyond lowered confidence that a voter’s ballot is counted as intended to lower confidence that ballots at the local, state, and national level are counted as intended by voters as well. While extended wait times have a limited effect, negatively effecting the confidence in a voter’s personal ballot and ballots across the local jurisdiction, negative experiences with registration or ballots and voting equipment affect evaluations of confidence at the personal level and across the local jurisdiction, state, and nation. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:cposxx:v:41:y:2020:i:2-3:p:230-248 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2019.1694652 Access Statistics for this article Policy Studies is currently edited by Toby James More articles in Policy Studies from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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