Do You Want Youths to Vote? Because That’s (Not) How You Get Youths to Vote

• In Event: Voter ID and Registration Reforms: (Dis)Engagement Effects

Brief Overview

This study analyzes the effects of election reforms (e.g. voter ID laws) on youth voting and if student debt mediates these effects. We find that these laws effect turnout in isolation and cumulation, but student debt mediates some negative effects.

Authors

• Joseph A. Coll, University of Iowa

• Courtney Leigh Juelich, University of Iowa