Abstract
This article deals with the phenomenon of invalid voting which has appeared in regional elections in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. First, contemporary theories of invalid voting are introduced. Second, the given hypotheses, which include both institutional and socio-economic factors that, according to the theories, contribute to higher levels of invalid voting, are tested. Statistical analysis such as linear regression is employed in the research. The dataset is comprised of municipalities (cases) in which regional elections were held. The results show that higher levels of invalid voting are associated with concurrent elections (elections to the regional assembly and elections to the upper house (the Senate) of the Czech Parliament) in those municipalities in which residents are older and less well-educated. If regional elections are held without concurring elections, socio-economic variables have a smaller effect on invalid voting. Therefore, the state authorities should consider a revision of respective electoral law and simplify the electoral process involved in concurrent elections.
Highlights
This article deals with the phenomenon of invalid voting which has appeared in regional elections in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic
This article focuses on the casting of invalid ballots in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic at the municipal level
The phenomenon of invalid voting has rarely been the focus of systematic study and the Czech case is no exception
Summary
Z předchozích výzkumů se dá předpokládat, že vysoký podíl neplatných hlasů je primárně způsoben chybovostí v případě složitosti hlasovacího lístku, respektive volebního systému (institucionální faktor) a současně může být zapříčiněn socioekonomickými faktory. Kolo senátních voleb nebylo zahrnuto do analýzy, protože zde obecně nedochází k tak velkému podílu neplatných hlasů jako v kole prvním. Studie Uncounted Votes: Informal Voting in the House of Representatives as a Marker of Středoevropské politické studie / Central European Political Studies Review 16(2–3) Aleš Kudrnáč, Jakub Lysek, Daniel Rejman: Analýza neplatných hlasů v olomouckém kraji.
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