Associate Professor Anthony Fowler Discusses Increased Turnout from Mobile Voting

Harris Public Policy Associate Professor Anthony Fowler was featured in The Herald-Dispatch, discussing how the option to vote using a mobile voting app increased voter turnout in West Virginia, the location of his study.

"When West Virginia registered voters living abroad had the opportunity to vote online, they were 6 to 9 percentage points more likely to request a ballot, mobile or otherwise, and 3 to 5 percentage points more likely to request a ballot," Fowler said. "The effects of voting online could potentially be even greater if it were implemented in a more convenient way or for a population that didn't have to first submit a Federal Post Card Application in order to receive a ballot."

Full coverage available at The Herald-Dispatch.

Further coverage available from the Associated Press.

According to research done by a professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, West Virginia's mobile voting app for residents overseas increased voter turnout from 3 to 5 percentage points. https://t.co/25IqBxM1UK

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