Replication data for: Voting Made Safe and Easy: The Impact of e-voting on Citizen Perceptions

Voting technologies frame the voting experience. Different ways of presenting information to voters, registering voter choices and counting ballots may change the voting experience and cause individuals to re-evaluate the legitimacy of the electoral process. Yet few field experiments have evaluated how voting technologies affect the voting experience. This article uses unique data from a recent e-voting field experiment in Salta, Argentina to study these questions. It employs propensity-score matching methods to measure the causal effect of replacing traditional voting technology with e-voting on the voting experience. The study's main finding is that while e-voters perceive the new technology as easier to use and more likely to register votes as intended--and support replacing traditional voting technologies with e-voting--the new technologies also raise some concerns about ballot secrecy.投票技术形塑了选民的投票体验。向选民呈现信息、登记投票选择以及统计选票的不同方式，均可能改变投票体验，并促使个体重新评估选举程序的合法性。然而，目前鲜有实地实验探究投票技术对投票体验的影响。本文依托阿根廷萨尔塔省近期一项电子投票（e-voting）实地实验所获取的独特数据，针对上述问题展开研究。本研究采用倾向得分匹配（propensity-score matching）方法，测算以电子投票替代传统投票技术对投票体验产生的因果效应。本研究的核心结论为：尽管使用电子投票的选民认为该新技术操作更简便，且更能按预期完成投票登记，同时支持以电子投票替代传统投票技术，但此类新技术也引发了人们对选票保密性的些许担忧。