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Toward an Equal Electorate
Toward an Equal Electorate
Five States' Gains Under the National Voter Registration Act
October 29, 2008
By Scott Novakowski
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Toward an Equal Electorate draws upon available data to show that low-income voter registration in public assistance agencies have increased anywhere from 22 percent to over 2,600 percent compared to previous years. In the five states examined--North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Missouri--an additional 125,290 low-income voters have registered at public assistance agencies prior to the November election, most within the past several months.

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