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Briefing the Canadian Government on Experimental Voter Policy: Lessons Learned

Briefing the Canadian Government on Experimental Voter Policy: Lessons Learned Behavior and Social Issues (2019) 28:8–12 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-019-00008-9 ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY Briefing the Canadian Government on Experimental Voter Policy: Lessons Learned 1 2 Harley Lang & Benjamin N. Witts Published online: 6 March 2019 Association for Behavior Analysis International 2019 . . . . Keywords Dissemination Government briefings Behavior analysis Elections Policy In 2016, the newly elected House of Commons of Canada formed the Special Com- mittee on Electoral Reform (ERRE) and tasked it with identifying alternatives to the current federal first-past-the-post election system that (a) were perceived as fair, (b) encouraged more Canadians to cast their vote, (c) were accessible to all Canadians, (d) functioned with integrity, and (e) connected local concerns to national policy (House of Commons of Canada, 2016). We submitted an application to speak to the special committee as expert witnesses and were invited to speak at the committee’spublic consultation meeting on September 28, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia (Lang & Witts, 2016). At that time, we were completing a behavioral assessment of voter turnout that investigated the putative influence of compulsory voting, the density of polling stations to voters, and party control in two-party systems (Lang & Witts, 2018). Because the committee was mandated to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Briefing the Canadian Government on Experimental Voter Policy: Lessons Learned

Lang, Harley; Witts, Benjamin
Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 28 (1) – Mar 6, 2019
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Behavior and Social Issues (2019) 28:8–12 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-019-00008-9 ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY Briefing the Canadian Government on Experimental Voter Policy: Lessons Learned 1 2 Harley Lang & Benjamin N. Witts Published online: 6 March 2019 Association for Behavior Analysis International 2019 . . . . Keywords Dissemination Government briefings Behavior analysis Elections Policy In 2016, the newly elected House of Commons of Canada formed the Special Com- mittee on Electoral Reform (ERRE) and tasked it with identifying alternatives to the current federal first-past-the-post election system that (a) were perceived as fair, (b) encouraged more Canadians to cast their vote, (c) were accessible to all Canadians, (d) functioned with integrity, and (e) connected local concerns to national policy (House of Commons of Canada, 2016). We submitted an application to speak to the special committee as expert witnesses and were invited to speak at the committee’spublic consultation meeting on September 28, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia (Lang & Witts, 2016). At that time, we were completing a behavioral assessment of voter turnout that investigated the putative influence of compulsory voting, the density of polling stations to voters, and party control in two-party systems (Lang & Witts, 2018). Because the committee was mandated to

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