[EL] Deadline April 15: Proposals for Summer Election Sciences, Reform, and Administration Conference

[Paul Gronke]

Conference on Election Science, Reform, and Administration: July 26-27,
2017 Portland, Oregon

Paper proposals are being invited for a Summer Conference on Election Science,
Reform, and Administration, hosted by Reed College and Portland
State University, and co-sponsored by the Early Voting Information Center at
Reed College <http://earlyvoting.net> and the Election Data and Science
Lab at MIT <
http://electionlab.mit.edu/news/election-data-and-science-lab-launches-mit>.
The conference will be held in Portland, OR from July 26-27, 2017
<http://airmail.calendar/2017-07-26%2012:00:00%20PDT>.

More information is at Electionsciences.net
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The goals of the conference are, first, to provide a forum for
scholars in political
science, public administration, law, computer science,
statistics, and other fields who are working to develop rigorous
empirical approaches
to the study of how laws and administrative procedures affect
the quality of elections in the United States; and, second, to build scientific
capacity by identifying major questions in the field, fostering
collaboration, and connecting senior and junior scholars.

The conference is designed to facilitate close attention to the papers
presented,
including extensive feedback and discussion. Therefore, papers
should represent new work, with early drafts of papers encouraged.

We hope that a wide variety of topics will be addressed at the conference. We
are particularly interested in new and innovative projects that address
long standing questions about the impact of election reforms on registration
and turnout at both the state and federal level; how the voter
experience has improved or eroded during the two recent waves of
election reform;
and the research design and methodological challenges in election
science. The following is a list provides a few sample ideas, but should not
be considered exhaustive.

   - How new or changed election laws affect the size and makeup of the
   pool of registered voters and the federal, state, and/or local electorates;
   - Professionalization (or the lack thereof) and the quality of election
   administration;
   - Evaluating the impact of voting centers, consolidated precincts, and
   convenience voting;
   - How election reform has differentially impacted historically
   disadvantaged segments of the electorate;
   - The analytical and methodological tools needed to work with voter
   registration and voter history files, and challenges in making causal
   inferences when working with these files;
   - New methods for connecting other behavioral records (e.g. survey data)
   or geospatial data with voter history and voter turnout data

Airfare, lodging, and conference meals will be covered for paper presenters and
discussants. Other scholars are welcome to attend if they can cover
conference costs (details to be announced within a month).

Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico <http://www.unm.edu/~atkeson/>, and
Bernard Fraga, Indiana University <
http://polisci.indiana.edu/faculty/profiles/bfraga.shtml>, will serve
as program
co-chairs, and Paul Gronke, Reed College <http://people.reed.edu/~gronkep/>
and Phil Keisling, Center for Public Service at PSU <
https://www.pdx.edu/cps/phil-keisling>, will act as conference organizers
and hosts.

Paper proposals of no more than 250 words should be submitted by April 15
<http://airmail.calendar/2017-04-15%2012:00:00%20PDT>, 2017. Submit
proposals at http://bit.ly/PDXelection - we expect to
announce decisions by May 1.
<http://airmail.calendar/2017-05-01%2012:00:00%20PDT> Any questions can be
sent to atkeson at umn.edu, bfraga at indiana.edu, or gronke at reed.edu.

Scholars wishing to attend without presenting a paper should also contact Emily
Hebbron (hebbron at reed.edu) by May 1st.
<http://airmail.calendar/2017-05-01%2012:00:00%20PDT> Further details about
the
conference are posted at the conference Web site Electionsciences.net.

Please feel free to re-distribute this announcement to relevant individuals and
e-mail lists. We look forward to reading your paper proposals!

Yours sincerely,

Lonna Atkeson, Bernard Fraga, and Paul Gronke
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