Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How the Ballot “Nudges” Voters
- 3 Ballot Architecture in the Progressive Era
- 4 The Personal Vote Era, 1940–2000
- 5 Ballot Architecture in the Contemporary Partisan Era
- 6 Reconsidering the American Ballot
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Ballot Architecture in the Progressive Era
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 November 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How the Ballot “Nudges” Voters
- 3 Ballot Architecture in the Progressive Era
- 4 The Personal Vote Era, 1940–2000
- 5 Ballot Architecture in the Contemporary Partisan Era
- 6 Reconsidering the American Ballot
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines ballot formats in the United States from 1888 to 1940.Following the adoption of the Australian secret ballot states still had to decide the particular design of the new secret ballot. We show in this chapter that the decisions had enormous consequences for voter turnout and ballot roll-off at the state level. We provide detailed case studies of California, New York, and Maryland as well as an empirical analysis of voter turnout and ballot roll-off during this period.
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- The Politics of Ballot DesignHow States Shape American Democracy, pp. 37 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020