Reduced Flexibility in Voting Differentially Impacts Black Voters

• In Event: Democratic Backsliding, Voter Suppression, Inequality, and Turnout

Brief Overview

We provide causal evidence that the contraction of convenience voting differentially impacts Black voters. Making convenience voting less accessible decreases turnout for Black voters but merely shifts the composition of how white individuals vote.

Authors

• Noah Braun, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

• Daniel Jones, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus