1. Southwell, Priscilla."Vote by Mail: Voter Preferences and Self-Reported Voting Behavior" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 Online <.PDF>. 2009-11-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p60739_index.html>
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This research note utilizes probit analysis to assess recent opinion on vote by mail and to estimate the effect of vote by mail on the turnout of various demographic and partisan groups within the State of Oregon – a state that adopted vote by mail for all of its election beginning in 1999. The results show that Oregonians have maintained their overwhelming support for vote by mail elections -- in particular, women, Independents, Republicans, and older voters. Self-reported responses regarding frequency of voting indicate that women and the employed are most likely to indicate that they have voted more often since the adoption of vote by mail and that this increased turnout does not favor a particular party’s candidates.
