A Brief Glimpse of Blue: Examining the Participation and Political Effects of 21st-Century Election Reform in North Carolina

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2013

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

This study examines registration, voting and election results in the presidential elections from 1992 to 2012. During this period, North Carolina introduced a series of election reforms which were designed to increase political participation by making registration and voting more widely accessible. These reforms included making One Stop early voting and absentee voting by mail universally available, and making it possible to register and vote in a single step at an early voting site. This study examines the implementation of these reforms by county boards of elections, and the effects which they have had on voter participation and on election results. The study finds that election reform has coincided with an increase in voter turnout, and produced a short-term advantage for the Democratic Party.

doctoral dissertations

Government policy
Political science

Ph.D.

Absentee Voting
Early Voting
Election Reform
North Carolina Politics
Political Participation
Same Day Voter Registration

Public Policy

Kropf, Martha

Fitzgerald, Scott
Heberlig, Eric
Swindell, David

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2013.

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