Equity in Voting Accessibility: The Case of North Carolina

Yi-En Tso; Dohyeong Kim (김도형); Lee Chang-Kil (이창길)

doi:10.14251/crisisonomy.2018.14.11.185

Equity in Voting Accessibility: The Case of North Carolina

Crisisonomy
Abbr : KRCEM
2018, 14(11), pp.185-199
DOI : 10.14251/crisisonomy.2018.14.11.185
Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general
Received : October 15, 2018
Accepted : November 26, 2018
Published : November 30, 2018

Yi-En Tso ¹, Dohyeong Kim ², Lee Chang-Kil ³

¹Soochow University
²Univ. of Texas at Dallas
³인천대학교

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Limited political participation in certain groups or areas could potentially lead to social and economic crisis. This paper examined whether or not voting accessibility have been equally distributed to different groups of citizens by race, gender, economic status, and distance to voting sites, focusing on the case of North Carolina in the United States. In particular, we discovered who were more likely to vote early as an absentee vote including Sunday and what factors affected their voting behaviors. We used the 2012 U.S. Presidential election data to examine socioeconomic characteristics of those who voted early and on Sunday. The findings from this research could be used as guidance to policy-makers and law-makers on how to enhance the level of equity in voting accessibility and reduce potential conflict and crisis within a society, not only in the U.S but also in other countries.

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voting, equity, accessibility, social crisis

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