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=== Frequent elections === {{Main|Voter fatigue}} Frequent elections increase the amount of time and attention required of voters, typically leading to lower [[Voter turnout|turnout]] among certain types of voters.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anzia |first=Sarah F. |date=2011-04-01 |title=Election Timing and the Electoral Influence of Interest Groups |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1017/S0022381611000028 |journal=The Journal of Politics |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=412β427 |doi=10.1017/S0022381611000028 |issn=0022-3816|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Two-round system|Two-round elections]] (including [[Partisan primary|primary election]]s), [[recall election]]s, and [[off-year election]]s are some examples of elections that contribute to voter fatigue. For example, [[Japan]], [[Switzerland]] and the [[United States]] have the lowest voter turnout rates among developed countries due to holding frequent elections.<ref name="Samuel Popkin 2001. P. 9702">Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3117725 "The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"] in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970.</ref>
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