Michael Ritter is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington State University. Caroline J. Tolbert is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa.

By taking the quality of election administration by states into account, Ritter and Tolbert find that convenience voting laws can substantially improve voter turnout as long as the states run elections competently. The use of millions of national voter files gives them substantial leverage to answer questions that have long challenged election scholars.

• Lists of Figures and TablesChapter 1: The Problem with Voting in AmericaChapter 2: Measuring Accessible Elections Chapter 3: Why Studying Voting Laws is Not EnoughChapter 4: Accessible Elections and Voter Turnout in the American StatesChapter 5: Accessible Elections to Help Poor PeopleChapter 6: Voting Rights, Election Administration, and Turnout for Racial MinoritiesChapter 7: Accessible Elections and Campaign MobilizationChapter 8: Conclusion: How the States Can Help Americans VoteAppendix A: Summary StatisticsAppendix B: Control Variable CodingAppendix C: Full Data TablesNotesReferencesIndex

Michael Ritter is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington State University. Caroline J. Tolbert is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa.

By taking the quality of election administration by states into account, Ritter and Tolbert find that convenience voting laws can substantially improve voter turnout as long as the states run elections competently. The use of millions of national voter files gives them substantial leverage to answer questions that have long challenged election scholars.

• Lists of Figures and TablesChapter 1: The Problem with Voting in AmericaChapter 2: Measuring Accessible Elections Chapter 3: Why Studying Voting Laws is Not EnoughChapter 4: Accessible Elections and Voter Turnout in the American StatesChapter 5: Accessible Elections to Help Poor PeopleChapter 6: Voting Rights, Election Administration, and Turnout for Racial MinoritiesChapter 7: Accessible Elections and Campaign MobilizationChapter 8: Conclusion: How the States Can Help Americans VoteAppendix A: Summary StatisticsAppendix B: Control Variable CodingAppendix C: Full Data TablesNotesReferencesIndex

Michael Ritter is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington State University. Caroline J. Tolbert is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa.

By taking the quality of election administration by states into account, Ritter and Tolbert find that convenience voting laws can substantially improve voter turnout as long as the states run elections competently. The use of millions of national voter files gives them substantial leverage to answer questions that have long challenged election scholars.

• Lists of Figures and TablesChapter 1: The Problem with Voting in AmericaChapter 2: Measuring Accessible Elections Chapter 3: Why Studying Voting Laws is Not EnoughChapter 4: Accessible Elections and Voter Turnout in the American StatesChapter 5: Accessible Elections to Help Poor PeopleChapter 6: Voting Rights, Election Administration, and Turnout for Racial MinoritiesChapter 7: Accessible Elections and Campaign MobilizationChapter 8: Conclusion: How the States Can Help Americans VoteAppendix A: Summary StatisticsAppendix B: Control Variable CodingAppendix C: Full Data TablesNotesReferencesIndex