Title: Why more than 80 million Americans won’t vote on Election Day - Vox
Headings: Why more than 80 million Americans won’t vote on Election Day
Why more than 80 million Americans won’t vote on Election Day
1) Voter registration is often harder in the United States
2) Many Americans simply don’t think voting matters
3) America’s particular political institutions may depress turnout
So what can be done to boost America’s voter turnout?
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Content: There are ways to fix this: One 2013 study led by Barry Burden of the University of Wisconsin Madison found that allowing people to register on Election Day can boost turnout. And, given that voter fraud is basically a nonissue, we could get rid of the bewildering array of voter ID laws that often thwart people from voting. ( See this post for the many ways states try to restrict voting rights.) Still, Nickerson cautions that these efforts, while worthwhile, may not have a huge impact on the overall turnout rate. He has conducted experiments in which everyone in randomly assigned street blocks gets registered automatically. What he’s found, across variations of this experiment, is that for every 10 people who get registered, only about three people end up voting who would’ve otherwise abstained. That suggests registration hassles are only part of the reason people don’t vote. 2) Many Americans simply don’t think voting matters
Get these buttons out of my face. (Shutterstock)
Voting is undeniably an inconvenience, and there are all sorts of obstacles to casting a ballot, even if you’re registered.