@article{5bdb0ddddad34b1ebdefdf3ca2e5e0d4,
title = "Voting Characteristics of Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury",
abstract = "Voting is the foundation of democracy. Limited data exist about voting characteristics of individuals with neurologic impairment including those living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). To statistically examine voting characteristics using a convenience sample of registered voters with TBI during elections held in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina—2007, 2008. Data were collected on 51 participants with TBI during May 2007, 2008 general, and 2008 Presidential Election. (i) There was a significant difference between the Competence Assessment Tool for Voting (CAT-V) total score of participants with TBI who voted and the CAT-V total score of participants with TBI who did not vote and the CAT-V total score predicted voting; (ii) the age of the participants with TBI was predictive of voting; and (iii) being married was inversely related to voting. We find that there is variation in voting even among this small sample interviewed for the present study, and that the variation is predictable. Those with the highest CAT-Vs are most likely to vote. In addition, we find that traditional predictors of voting simply are not predictors among this TBI group, and even one, whether the person is married, has a negative effect on voting.",
keywords = "political participation, traumatic brain injury, voting",
author = "Hirsch, {Mark A.} and Kropf, {Martha E.} and Hammond, {Flora M.} and Lisa Schur and Karlawish, {Jason H.} and Ball, {Andrew M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Conflicts of interest: None declared. Corresponding author: Mark Hirsch, mark.hirsch@atriumhealth.org We thank the persons with TBI for so generously giving their time as well as Dr. Christine Davis and Dr. Douglas Kruse for scholarly support, and Susan Saunders, Dr. Allison K. Bickett, Kimberly Lang, Tami Guerrier, Veronica Ridpath, and the reviewers for helpful comments on previous versions of this manuscript. This study was partially supported by National Institutes of Health grant HD055202-01, HD055202-02S1 and by a grant from Carolinas HealthCare Foundation, Charlotte, North Carolina. 1. Coin tosses or other random selection methods literally decide tied election contests. A 2017 tied Virginia House of Delegates race was decided by “placing both names in old film canisters and shuffling them in a clear bowl” (see Hayes, 2017). 2. Stating one{\textquoteright}s name and address is the current identification requirement for voting in North Carolina as of this writing, but states do differ. For current identification requirements across the United States, see http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id.aspx (accessed March 27, 2018). 3. California Secretary of State. 2018. “Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship.” http:// www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-info/conservatorship/ (Accessed June 15, 2018). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Policy Studies Organization",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1002/wmh3.296",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
pages = "24--42",
journal = "World Medical and Health Policy",
issn = "2153-2028",
publisher = "Berkeley Electronic Press",
number = "1",
}