Summary of "Evidence vs. Hyperbole: The Relationship between Election Laws and the Health of Democracy"

The paper by Justin Grimmer and Eitan Hersh, “Evidence vs. Hyperbole: The Relationship between Election Laws and the Health of Democracy,” discusses why election laws and rules have changed over time in order to achieve various public goals or partisan advantage. They draw attention to differences between Democratic and Republican priorities and describe how despite big changes in the laws, there has been surprisingly little change in election outcomes. They review the results of numerous in-depth analyses of policies such as greater convenience in voting and voter ID laws, concluding that these changes show only modest effects on turnout and little discernable party advantage. They describe why this counterintuitive result occurs.

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