THE FRANCHISE, VOTER REGISTRATION, AND VOTING TURNOUT.

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THE FRANCHISE, VOTER REGISTRATION, AND VOTING TURNOUT

Under the original constitution, who had the right to vote? –for U.S. House? –for U.S. Senate? –for President (Presidential electors)? –for state and local officials?

In early years of U.S. elections: Voter qualifications (including for U.S. House and Presidential electors) set entirely by state law –Proviso: The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifica- tions requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. [Article 1, Section 2] Property-owning/tax-paying qualifications common –Often scaled to level of office Perhaps 50% of adult white males eligible to vote in first elections Plus some free blacks (and even some women) eligible to vote in some elections

“Jacksonian Revolution” (1830s) Almost all adult white males have the right to vote Almost all Presidential electors are popularly elected (except S.C) Voter mobilization campaigns by competing (Democratic and Whig) political parties Non-whites (and women) mostly lose the right to vote (in so far as they previously had that right)

14th Amendment Section 1. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;...; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.

15 th Amendment Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Late 19 th Century “Jim Crow” regime in the South –de jure segregation –de facto disenfranchisement (poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause,white primary, intimidation) Blacks remain enfranchised outside the South (but few live outside the South) Women (re)gain the right to vote in many states (especially in the West) –19 th Amendment (1920) –The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

20 th Century 23 rd Amendment (1963) –The District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous state; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a state; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. 24 th Amendment (1964) –The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

20 th Century (cont.) Voting Rights Act (VRA) (1965) 26 th Amendment (1971) –The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.

Continuing Issues Failed 27 th Amendment – Section 1. For purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and article V of this Constitution, the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall be treated as though it were a State. – Section 2. The exercise of the rights and powers conferred under this article shall be by the people of the District constituting the seat of government, and as shall be provided by the Congress. – Section 3. The twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. – Section 4. This article shall be inoperative, unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three- fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

Continuing Issues (cont.) Felon disenfranchisement –varied state laws Enfranchisement of (some) legal immigrants?

Voter Registration Prior to latter 19 th century, no (or informal) voter registration –probably a lot of fraudulent voting –“vote early and vote often” States adopt voter registration laws in late 19 th century –evident decline in total turnout –may also have had the effect of “vote suppression” –purging of voter registration lists Latter part of 20 th century, general liberalization of registration laws (by states, by courts, and by Congress) –“Motor Voter” Act (1993) –Help America Vote Act (2002) [provisional ballots] Voter registration remains something of a mess in some states and localities –“deadwood” problem

Voting Turnout “Total actual vote”/ “Total potential vote” In the U.S. voting turnout is usually calculated as –total recorded vote for President, divided by –the census estimate of the voting age population (VAP) However, such turnout is often (mistakenly) characterized as the percent of eligible voters who actually voted. Poll workers who report “high” turnout on election night are looking at number of voters who showed up as a percent of registered voters on their lists.

Problems with PV/VAP Numerator misses –spoiled ballots –Presidential abstentions Denominator includes –(legal and illegal) immigrants –felons –but excludes eligible voters overseas

Some Reasons for Turnout Differences Some countries have compulsory voting Most countries have (national) voter enrollment (vs. state voter registration) systems U.S has unusually frequent elections with many offices/propositions at stake in each (“long- ballot”) –federal/state/local offices –separate executive and legislative (and sometimes judicial) elections, primaries (sometimes with runoffs) –referendums –plus primaries (and sometimes runoffs)

TURNOUT IN SELECTED COUNTRIES,

TURNOUT DECLINE IN ALL OEDC COUNTRIES ( )