Tenure and Turnover of Local Election Officials

• In Event: Methods and Measurement in Political Participation and Turnout

Brief Overview

Using originally collected panel data on 10,000 local election officials in 40 states across over two decades, we examine whether turnover rates of these administrators are on the rise and if they have become more political.

Authors

• Joshua M Ferrer, University of California-Los Angeles

• Daniel Thompson, University of California-Los Angeles