Ballot Measures in the States: How State Rules Influence Popular Voting Movements

• In Event: New Research on Direct Democracy in American Politics

Brief Overview

Do state rules on ballot access affect the success of ballot initiatives? Using all popularly initiated ballot measures from 2000-2016, we show that more stringent rules for ballot access result in a higher probability of ballot measure passage.

Authors

• Joe Colin Zamadics, University of Colorado Boulder

• Christina Ruth Ladam, University of Nevada Reno