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Featured Pub Articles & Special Issues Community and National Service Democracy and Civic Engagement Voter Access and Engagement

Voting Infrastructure and Process: Another Form of Voter Suppression?

By CSD • June 30, 2021April 13, 2022

Do the race and income of the communities where polling sites are located shape the conditions voters encounter at the polls? Do those conditions influence turnout?

This study presents results from analyses of data on polling conditions in St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri. Finding variation in polling conditions and turnout, the authors note that systemic elements, such as the adequacy of staffing and the length of wait times, are not typically considered instruments of intentional voter suppression but may have the same effect.

Project: Voter Access & Engagement

Citation

Pitzer, K. A., McClendon, G. G., Sherraden, M. (2021). Voting infrastructure and process: Another form of voter suppression? Social Service Review, 95(2), 175–209. https://doi.org/10.1086/714491

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2021Democracy and Civic EngagementGena Gunn McClendonKyle PitzerMichael SherradenpolicySt. Louisstate policyVoter Access and Engagement

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