Replication Data for: Ballot Reform as Suffrage Restriction: Evidence from Brazil's Second Republic
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Few innovations in democratic institutional design are considered as fundamental as the introduction of voting through the use of a uniform, official, and secret ballot. One account claims that the official ballot liberates dependent voters from the dictates of local elites, thereby enhancing democratic competition. Another argues that in contexts of widespread illiteracy its adoption may be tantamount to a suffrage restriction. This paper adjudicates between these views by drawing upon an original dataset of municipal-level voting returns from Brazil’s Second Republic (1945-1964). The unique staggered rollout of the official ballot during this period permits one to assess its impact with unprecedented accuracy. The article finds that the primary consequence of ballot reform was suffrage restriction. Rather than liberating poor and depe' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Clientelism","Institutional design","Suffrage restriction","Vote secrecy","Voting behavior"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Few innovations in democratic institutional design are considered as fundamental as the introduction of voting through the use of a uniform, official, and secret ballot. One account claims that the official ballot liberates dependent voters from the dictates of local elites, thereby enhancing democratic competition. Another argues that in contexts of widespread illiteracy its adoption may be tantamount to a suffrage restriction. This paper adjudicates between these views by drawing upon an original dataset of municipal-level voting returns from Brazil’s Second Republic (1945-1964). The unique staggered rollout of the official ballot during this period permits one to assess its impact with unprecedented accuracy. The article finds that the primary consequence of ballot reform was suffrage restriction. Rather than liberating poor and depe' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Few innovations in democratic institutional design are considered as fundamental as the introduction of voting through the use of a uniform, official, and secret ballot. One account claims that the official ballot liberates dependent voters from the dictates of local elites, thereby enhancing democratic competition. Another argues that in contexts of widespread illiteracy its adoption may be tantamount to a suffrage restriction. This paper adjudicates between these views by drawing upon an original dataset of municipal-level voting returns from Brazil’s Second Republic (1945-1964). The unique staggered rollout of the official ballot during this period permits one to assess its impact with unprecedented accuracy. The article finds that the primary consequence of ballot reform was suffrage restriction. Rather than liberating poor and depe
Clientelism; Institutional design; Suffrage restriction; Vote secrecy; Voting behavior