Stein, Robert M2019-03-202019-03-202018-082018-08-10August 201Menger, Andrew. "Measuring the Costs of Voting and their Impacts." (2018) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105249">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105249</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105249Although much literature in political science refers to the costs of voting, they have not been comprehensively studied. I develop a new theory of costs based on both the tasks needed to vote and their attendant individual-specific trade-offs. I then use an original survey to demonstrate that perceived task difficulty measures perform well for measuring these costs. Finally, I look at the impact of these costs on both validated voter turnout and intention to vote.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.costs of votingelection administrationpolitical participationvoting reformsvoter turnoutThesis2019-03-20