Research

Publications

Herndon, Michael, Kassra Oskooii, and Michael Rios. “Bureaucratic Bias or Voter’s Cultural Barriers? Testing Competing Explanations for Racial Gaps in Vote-By-Mail Ballot Signature Rejections”. Accepted at Political Research Quarterly.

Rush, Tye, Chelsea Jones, Michael Herndon, and Matt A. Barreto. "Catalysts of Insurrection: How White Racial Antipathy Influenced Beliefs of Voter Fraud and Support for the January 6th Insurrection." Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (2025): 1-21.

Herndon, Michael. “Does Jamal’s Vote Count Less Than James’? How Racial Attitudes Affect Signature Rejection”. Under Review at Political Psychology.

Working Papers

Herndon, Michael. Tye Rush, Matt Barreto. “The Effect of the Rapid Vote-by-Mail Transition on Communities of Color and Immigrants”. Original Survey Analysis Funded by Russell Sage Foundation.

Herndon Michael & Rogerio Aristida Guimaraes Junior. “Artificial Intelligence in Election Administration: Is Automatic Signature Verification (ASV) Biased?” Presented at CalTech’s Linde Center for Science Society and Policy.