What Happens When Non-Citizens Are Allowed to Vote in American Elections? A Field Experiment Mobilizing Eligible Non-Citizens to Legally Vote in the San Francisco Board of Education Election

• In Event: Experiments on Elections and Engagement

Brief Overview

Non-citizens just received the right to vote in a local election. Mobilization treatments are randomly assigned. A post-election survey estimates the effects of voting in American elections on assimilation and attachment to country of origin.

Author

• Victoria A. Shineman, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus