AAAS AMA: Hi, we’re scientists who study how technology affects voter
participation. As us anything!
Abstract
At the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, we will be delivering a presentation entitled “Research and
Policy on Voter ID Laws and Voter Participation.” During that session,
we’ll discuss the science on voter suppression, the statistical impact
of voter ID laws, and procedures for assuring that all eligible voters
have a chance to vote. David Marker will describe how as expert witness
survey data were included, or excluded, in Voter ID cases in Texas,
Pennsylvania, and Alabama. Paul Gronke will discuss the procedures
states are implementing to maximize the chance that eligible voters will
indeed be able to vote. If you have a question about how states are
using technology either to boost or suppress voter participation, ask us
anything! Participants: Paul Gronke, professor of political science,
director of the Early Voting Information Center, Reed College, Portland,
Ore. Automatic Works: The Gains to Voter Registration and Turnout from
Oregon Motor Voter David Marker, senior statistician, Westat, Rockville,
Md. Making Sure the Data are Heard: Expert Statistical Testimony in
Voter ID Trials