Cheap, But Still Not Effective: An Experiment Showing that Indiana's Online Registration System Fails to Make Email an Effective Way to Register New Voters
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study designs: Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial
Abstract: We conducted a randomized voter registration field experiment including 7,366 trackable students at a public Indiana university. Consistent with prior research, we found no effect from emails linking students to traditional downloadable forms. Contrary to our hypothesis, Indiana’s new online voter registration system did not boost the effectiveness of email outreach in generating new registrations.
Authors: Elizabeth Bennion, David W. Nickerson
Institutions: Indiana University South Bend, University of Notre Dame
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2183004685