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Donovan, Todd. and Bowler, Shaun. "State-Level Barriers to Participation: Voter Interest, Electoral Competitiveness and Participation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p39816_index.html>

Donovan, T. and Bowler, S. , 2005-09-01 "State-Level Barriers to Participation: Voter Interest, Electoral Competitiveness and Participation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p39816_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: We propose that uninterested voters are less likely to respond to the removal of barriers to participation, and demonstrate that a substantial proportion of the public is uninterested in elections. We demonstrate that simple models explain much of the variance in state-level regulations on registration and voting. Barriers at present remain higher in states with more African Americans, and in states with histories of traditional party organizations. A larger barrier to voter participation may be elections themselves: most elections are stunningly uninteresting. We illustrate how non-competitive legislative elections depress voter participation, and discuss how competitive elections might increase voter interest, and by extension, participation.

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