Did minority voters use early voting reforms in the 2008 election? Previous research has shown convenience voting reforms differentially motivate participation among the electorate. However, the co-ethnic mobilization literature suggests that minority voters are more likely to vote in the...

In a February 6, 2007 special election to fill the vacated first district seat for the Orange County Board of Supervisors, two Vietnamese-American candidates surprised local political observers by passing the pre-election front-runners and sharing, almost equally, just under half of the total...