Welcome for End to Annual Voter RegistrationTHE Government is to abolish the practice of making voters in Northern Ireland register every year for elections.
Today, the ubiquity of voter registration blinds us to its impact. It is a price we all pay for voting and so no longer think of as a price at all. But nineteenth-century Americans understood the costs. Registering in person months before the election minimized the chance of fraud but dou...
The effects of registration laws on voter turnout: An updated assessment. In Facing the challenge of democracy: Explorations in the analysis of public opinion and political participation, eds. M. Sniderman Paul and Benjamin Highton, 312-28. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.Sniderman, P....
This complexity, as well as the fact that it limits the influence of political parties, probably accounts for its infrequent use; it has been used in Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Malta and in the selection of the Australian and South African senates. The characteristic of the Hare formula ...