Journal ArticleAmerican Political Science Review · August 20, 2022
The 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) fundamentally changed the distribution of electoral power in the US South. We examine the consequences of this mass enfranchisement of Black people for the use of the carceral state-police, the courts, and the prison system ...
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Journal ArticlePolitical Science Research and Methods · October 2, 2021
How do changes in Election Day polling place locations affect voter turnout? We study the behavior of more than 2 million eligible voters across three closely-contested presidential elections (2008-2016) in the swing state of North Carolina. Leveraging wit ...
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Journal ArticleElection Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy · June 1, 2021
Do local election administrators change precincts and Election Day polling place locations to target voters based on their partisanship or race? We systematically evaluate whether decisions consistent with targeting occur using the near universe of eligibl ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Politics · April 1, 2018
Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act required covered jurisdictions-those deemed perniciously politically discriminatory to minorities-to preclear changes to their voting practices with the Department of Justice. By exploiting the use of a federally imp ...
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