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Activity Number:
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488
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
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| Abstract - #303988 |
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Title:
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Preventing Fraud Versus Preventing Voting
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Author(s):
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Arlene S. Ash*+ and John Lamperti
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Companies:
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University of Massachusetts Medical School and Dartmouth College
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Abstract:
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Recent years have seen a wave of laws making it more difficult to vote in the United States. Their ostensible purpose is to prevent voting by persons not legally qualified and thus to improve voter confidence in electoral integrity. Are such laws in fact needed to address serious fraud problems? On the other hand, how many and what kinds of voters will be or have been disenfranchised by them? Is voter confidence positively (or negatively) affected by voter ID laws? We will survey what is known about such issues and offer suggestions for how statisticians can contribute.
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