Subject: question re: same day voter registration and party switching
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 10/1/2002, 11:10 AM
To: "election-law@majordomo.lls.edu" <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu>
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rick.hasen@mail.lls.edu
Does anyone know of empirical data on the extent of party switching by
voters in those jurisdictions that allow same day voter registration? In
other words, what percentage of Democrats (Republicans) re-register as
Republicans (Democrats) in such a system, compared with a more
traditional system that requires changes in registration to be made
earlier, such as 30 days before the election?