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Grose, Christian. and Yoshinaka, Antoine. "Electoral Institutions and Voter Participation: The Effect of Felon Disfranchisement Laws on Voter Turnout in the U.S. Southern States, 1984-2000" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66140_index.html>

Grose, C. R. and Yoshinaka, A. , 2002-08-28 "Electoral Institutions and Voter Participation: The Effect of Felon Disfranchisement Laws on Voter Turnout in the U.S. Southern States, 1984-2000" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66140_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Some of the scholarly conventional wisdom regarding voter turnout and participation, especially in the U.S. South, has been that race and ethnic background can be important predictors of turnout. However, the disproportional effect of felon and ex-felon disfranchisement laws on racial/ethnic minorities in some states suggests that the effects of race on aggregate voter turnout will be underestimated unless these laws are also considered. This electoral institution-the disfranchisement of felons and ex-felons-is an important omitted variable in models of state-level aggregate voter turnout, which might result in biased inferences pertaining to minority citizens' level of participation, especially in recent elections. Looking at statewide elections in the U.S. South from 1984-2000, we hypothesize that this electoral institution helps explain lower levels of voter turnout in states with high rates of felon disfranchisement. We also demonstrate, once felon disfranchisement is controlled for, that southern states with high minority populations will have higher levels of turnout in recent elections where minority voter mobilization has been on the rise.

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