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Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S.Nationwide Panel,2008–2016 [pdf]
- bediger4000 8y agoMaybe not a great citation: (A) working paper, (B) business school, (C) buried the lede. The real conclusion is at the end of the abstract: "ID requirements have no effect on fraud either – actual or perceived. Efforts to improve elections may be better directed at other reforms"
- doggydogs94 8y agoPeople who support Voter ID are being called racist. This working paper goes against that story line. Therefore, we will never here about this working paper in the mainstream media (e.g. New York Times). If the working paper had found otherwise, I am certain the results would have been broadcast far and wide.
- bediger4000 8y agoNot entirely, that's why I noted the buried lede. Voter ID doesn't have any effect on fraud, either, if we believe the paper. So, it's entirely possible that it is racist to impose voter ID laws. At the very least we should acknowledge that voter ID laws from the 1890s to the 1950s were very definitely imposed on a racist basis.
- whynotkeithberg 8y agoI'm getting a 404.
- csdreamer7 8y agoSame here
- LorenPechtel 8y agoLikewise. Probably found to be garbage as we have plenty of examples of people saying they couldn't vote because of things like their ID being stolen.
- doggydogs94 8y agoIf you search the Harvard Busness School for the article, it is there.
- rsmylski 8y agohttps://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55734 https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55734