[EL] Research on use of mail ballots by underrepresented groups

[Kousser, Thad]

Hi All,
      I wanted to provide a citation for the study that I referred to in today's NYT article regarding how preferences for casting mail ballots vary across racial and ethnic groups in California, and to point to additional important research on this topic from USC's Mindy Romero:


This study from the University of California’s New Electorate Project (newelectorateproject.org), authored by Mindy Romero, Eric McGhee, and myself, relies on a statewide poll of eligible voters in California after the 2018 primary to show that Latino and African-American voters were less likely to prefer casting a mail ballot, and Asian voters were more likely to prefer casting a mail ballot, than total voters in counties that adopted the Voters Choice Act.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/105NpmORxoRZ2VVJxcDhGey7JQuccm5Sb/view





This study from USC’s California Civic Engagement Project, authored by Mindy Romero, finds that Latino voters are less likely to cast a mail ballot, and Asian voters are more likely to cast a mail ballot, than total voters in California in each general election from 2002-2012.  (Note that many of those who cast a mail ballot that was sent to them by a registrar do so by dropping it off at a polling place or another location).

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57b8c7ce15d5dbf599fb46ab/t/58e58499e4fcb5fc935614c6/1491436758841/VBM+Issue+Brief+Revised.pdf





This study from USC’s California Civic Engagement Project, authored by Mindy Romero, relies on a 2016 statewide survey to find that Latino voters were less likely to vote by mail, and Asian voters were more likely to vote by mail than total voters in California in that year.  It also finds that, among voters who chose not to mail in their mail ballots, Latino, African American, and Asian voters were less likely than white voters to trust that the US Postal Service would deliver their ballot safely and on time.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57b8c7ce15d5dbf599fb46ab/t/59b1bacc4c0dbf34e91dac0d/1504819977791/UCDavisCCEPIssueBrief3VoteCenterStatewideSurveyBrief.pdf

       Best, Thad



Thad Kousser, Professor and Department Chair
Department of Political Science, UC San Diego
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