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Reports, studies, books, and websites on factors in voter turnout, benefits of voting, voter participation gaps, voter turnout trends, and voter education

• "Altruism and Turnout" by Fowler, James. 2006.
• "Altruism and the Decision to Vote: Explaining and Testing High Voter Turnout" by Jankowski, Richard. 2007.
• "American Voter Turnout in Comparative Perspective"" by Powell, G Bingham. 1986.
• "Assessing the Impact of Vote Centers on Electoral Behavior" by Scheele, Raymond et al. 2008.
• "Becoming a Habitual Voter: Inertia, Resources, and Growth in Young Adulthood" by Plutzer, Eric. 2002.
• "Buying a Lottery Ticket to Help the Poor: Altruism, Civic Duty, and Self-Interest in the Decision to Vote" by Jankowski, Richard. 2002.
• "Citizenship Identify and Civic Education in the US" by Owen, Diana. 2004.
• "The Civic Mission of Schools" by CIRCLE. 2003.
• "Class Bias in the U.S. Electorate, 1972-2004" by Leighly, Jan, Nagler, Jonathan. 2006.
• "The Competitive Problem of Voter Turnout" by McDonald, Michael. 2006.
• "Community-based Organizations and Immigrant Integration" by de Leon, Erwin et al. 2009.
• "Consuetude in Voter Turnout" by Green, Donald, Shachar, Roni. 1999.
• "The Cost of Voting: Consolidation of Precincts in LA County" by Brady, Henry et al. 2004.
• "Convenience Voting" Gronke, Paul et al. 2008.
• "Descriptive Norms and Social Motivations to Vote: Everybody's Voting and So Should You" by Gerber, Alan et al. 2009.
• "Easy Registration and Voter Turnout" by Highton, Benjamin. 1997.
• "Effect of Information on Voter Turnout" by Lassen, David Dreyer. 2004.
• "Election Day Registration Helps Youth Turnout" by Kawashima-Ginsberg. 2009.
• "Election Day Vote Centers and Voter Turnout" by Stein, Robert et al. 2006.
• "Election Year Stimuli and The Timing of Voter Registration" by Gimpel, James. 2007.
• "Engaging the Electorate Initiatives to Promote Voter Turnout" by Ellis, Andrew. 2006.
• "Expanding Democracy: Voter Registration Around the World" by Rosenberg, Jennifer et al. 2009.
• "Expected Benefits of Voting and Voter Turnout" by Cebula, Richard J. & Durden, Garey C.
• "Experiments in Political Socialization Kids Voting USA as a Model for Civic Education Reform" by CIRCLE. 2006.
• "Explaining Voter Turnout" by Geys, Benny. 2005.
• "Get Out The Vote!" by Green, Donald.
• "How does Vote-by-Mail Affect Voters?" by Bergman, Elizabeth et al. 2009.
• "The Influence of Family Political Discussions on Youth Civic Development" by McIntosh, Hugh. 2007.
• "Is the Act of Voting Rational?" by Brazel, Yorom, & Silberberg, Eugene. 1973.
• "The Marketplace of Democracy: Electoral Competition And American Politics". by Curtis, John & McDonald, Michael. 2006.
• "Mobilizing the Party Faithful" by King, David et al. 2004.
• "New Experiments in Minority Voter Mobilization" by Michelson, Melissa et al. 2007.
• "Party' Politics" by Wortman, Marc. 2006.
• "New Strategies for Latino Voter Mobilization" by Wang, Tova Andrea. 2006.
• "Political Participation and Accessibility of the Ballot Box" by Gimpel, James et al. 2003.
• "The Psychological Benefits of Political Participation" by Sanders, Lynn M. 2001.
• "A Possible Solution to the Paradox of Voter Turnout" by Kanazawa, Satoshi. 1998.
• "Residential Mobility, Community Mobility, and Electoral Participation" by Highton, Benjamin. 2000.
• "Regular Voters, Intermittent Voters and Those Who Don't: Who Votes, Who Doesn't, and Why" by The Pew Research Center For The People & The Press, 2006.
• "Si Se Puede! Latino Candidates And Registration" by Barreto, Matthew A. 2007.
• "Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Positive Youth Development Outcomes" by Winter, Nicholas. 2003.
• "Socioeconomic Inequality in Voting Participation and Self-Rated Health" by Blakely, Tony. 2001.
• "A Social Approach to Voter Mobilization and Election Day" by Addonzio, Elizabeth. 2006.
• Subtle Psychology of Voter Turnout" by Goldstein, Daniel. 2007.
• "Vote or Else" by Ornstein, Norman. OP-ED, 2006.
• "Voter Registration Sites and Doors 2004" by Nickerson, David. 2004.
• "Voters Win with Same Day Registration" by Demos. 2010.
• "Voting as a Rational Choice: Why and How People Vote to Improve the Well-Being of Others" by Edlin, Aaron et al." 2007.
• "Voting as a Civic Habit" by Green, Donald. 1999.
• "Voting and Nonvoting A Multi-Election Perspective" by Sigelman, Lee et al. 1985.
• I "Voting Contagious: Evidence from Two Field Experiments" by Nickerson, David. 2008.
• "Voting Counts as a Healthy Habit" WebMD, 2004
• "Where Can and Should College Students Vote?" by Niemi, Richard et al. 2008.
• "Who Votes Now? And Does it Matter" by Leighly, Jan, Nagler, Jonathan. 2007.
• "Why Americans Don't Vote" by Piven, Frances Fox, Cloward, Richard. 1989.

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