Even if Voter ID laws were not a hot topic in many individual states and across the nation, a forthcoming article in Political Research Quarterly would still be bloggable.
The article, by Chelsie L. M. Bright and Michael S. Lynch, considers “how the advertising of voter ID laws can affect voters’ perception of these laws and how these perceptions may affect individuals’ decisions to turnout.” To measure this effect, the authors compared several counties in Kansas, where “county clerks were given discretion in how to advertise new voter ID law.” One of the counties studied was Douglas; home of County Clerk and Political Sciencee 1994 alumnus, Jamie Shew.
You can read the article by following this link – Kansas_VoterID_Final