# ArchiveReadme.txt
#
# This readme describes the files in the replication archive for
# Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, Seth Hill, "Identifying the Effects of Elections Held All-Mail on
# Turnout: Staggered Reform in the Evergreen State." This archive
# creates the tables and figures presented and discussed in the article.

#
# There are two levels of analysis, county and individual.
# County files in the WashingtonCounties/ folder:
#

AnalyzeWACountiesVBMArchive.do -- creates all county tables.
plotWaVBMEffectArchive.r -- plots turnout across the all-mail switch.

# We are prohibited from redistributing the raw Washington State voter files.
# However, the files are available to purchase from the Washington Secretary of
# State, and if obtatained, these files replicate our results.

# However, we have also produced a public replication file, PublicReplicationDataset.dta, that excludes all identifying
# information. If you run only 04_AnalyzeWAVotersVBMArchive.do it will create the paper tables using this replication file.
# The other .do files, in combination with the raw Washington State Voter files, will produce that public replication file.

01_WAVoterToStataArchive.do -- turns tab-delimited files from SOS into Stata.
02_CreateWAVoterForAnalysisArchive.do -- manipulate the data to desired structure.
03_CreatePublicReplicationFile.do -- Create public (anonymized) voter file for replication archive
--> 03_SUB_RecodeStackedDataArchive.do is used by this file
--> PublicReplicationDataset.dta is the product of this .do file and is in the included archive
04_AnalyzeWAVotersVBMArchive.do -- creates all tables and results.

