Download This Paper"X" Marks the Spot, Or Does It? An Analysis of Voter Intent Laws and Their Implications for Counting Paper Ballots
37 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2021
Date Written: November 29, 2021
Abstract
This article assesses how ambiguous/vague election laws versus specific laws could influence the counting of paper ballots. The article also provides an empirical classification scheme, based upon statutory/regulation text and pictorial examples of disputed ballots, to measure election law specificity in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Keywords: election law, paper ballots, voter intent, motivated reasoning, disputed election
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Kopko, Kyle, "X" Marks the Spot, Or Does It? An Analysis of Voter Intent Laws and Their Implications for Counting Paper Ballots (November 29, 2021). South Dakota Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 3, 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3973242
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