Absentee Voters

Whose Absentee Votes Are Counted?

Working Paper No.: 
26
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
R. Michael Alvarez
Thad E. Hall
Betsy Sinclair

Absentee voting is becoming more prevalent throughout the United States. While there has been some research focused on who votes by absentee ballot, little research has considered another important question about absentee voting: Which absentee ballots are counted, and which are not? Research following the 2000 presidential election has studied the problem of uncounted ballots for precinct voters, but not for absentee voters.

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