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In the wake of increasing voter identification requirements in Texas, analyzing voter turnout is becoming critically relevant to fully comprehend political outcomes.
Blog
Chelsea McKevitt
Polling showed that 70 percent of respondents believed SDR to be necessary to protect voter participation in Montana, with 66 percent also believing that SDR protects Montana’s democracy overall.
Blog
Damon L. Daniels
Early voting and Election Day Registration may have boosted turnout
Blog
Tova Wang
Over the last three decades, the class bias of the voting public has increased dramatically.
Blog
Sean McElwee
In the wake of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after the Aug. 9 shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson, there has been a focus on racial disparities in representation. A recent study found that while people of color make up 37.2 percent of the U.S
In the media
Sean McElwee
That Texas' discriminatory and partisan voter ID law was allowed to continue is evidence of the Supreme Court's failed understanding of its constitutional responsibilities.
In the media
On September 12 2014, the Massachusetts legislature sent the United States Census Bureau a resolution adopted by both chambers, calling on the Census Bureau to reform its outdated practice of enumerating incarcerated persons as “residents” of the prisons in which they are temporarily incarcerated.
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On Election Day, Montana will host one of the country’s key voting rights battles as voters decide whether to preserve or eliminate the state’s Election Day Registration (EDR) law, which permits citizens to register (or update their registration if they’ve recently moved) when they show up at the
In the media
Scott Keyes
Voter ID laws are back in the news this week after a group of college students joined a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new restrictive rules.
In the media
Christopher Ingraham
“Room to Grow” is the new GOP manifesto to win middle-class voters. We’ll drill down on its content.
In the media