Methodology

Studying Elections: Data Quality and Pitfalls in Measuring the Effects of Voting Technologies

Author(s): 
R. Michael Alvarez
Stephen Ansolabehere
Charles Stewart III
Journal: 
Policy Studies Journal
pp: 
15-24
Date Published: 
01/01/2009

Professor Geralyn Miller reminds us of the range of voting administration practices across the United States. We use this variability to study the average performance of various types of voting equipment throughout the country (Ansolabehere and Stewart n.d.). Professor Miller suggests that the performance of equipment is, in fact, quite variable across states.

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