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Annual Review of Political Science
Vol. 11: 437-455 (Volume publication date June 2008)
(doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.053006.190912)
First published online as a Review in Advance on February 11, 2008
Convenience Voting

Paul Gronke, Eva Galanes-Rosenbaum, Peter A. Miller, and Daniel Toffey
Department of Political Science and The Early Voting Information Center, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202; email: ;

Forms of convenience voting—early in-person voting, voting by mail, absentee voting, electronic voting, and voting by fax—have become the mode of choice for >30% of Americans in recent elections. Despite this, and although nearly every state in the United States has adopted at least one form of convenience voting, the academic research on these practices is unequally distributed across important questions. A great deal of literature on turnout is counterbalanced by a dearth of research on campaign effects, election costs, ballot quality, and the risk of fraud. This article introduces the theory of convenience voting, reviews the current literature, and suggests areas for future research.

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Paul Gronke
Eva Galanes-Rosenbaum
Peter A. Miller
Daniel Toffey
Keywords:
early voting
absentee voting
turnout
election administration
elections
vote by mail

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