Compositional Effects of Universal Vote by Mail Elections

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Brief Overview

We use CO data to examine changes in the composition of the electorate following the adoption of VBM by looking at race, age, gender, party, and past voting. We further match these data with NC data to see if these changes can be attributed to VBM.

Authors

• Robert M. Stein, Rice University

• Andrew M. Menger, Washington University

• Yuki Atsusaka, Rice University