“2014 Midterms Defined by Low Voter Turnout”
David Becker writes for Pew.
Category Archives: voting
“For Democrats, Turnout Efforts Look Successful (Though Not Elections)”
NYT’s The UpShot looks at some turnout data, including data on North Carolina early voting. That’s particularly important because there is controversy over whether the early voting changes made in that state decreased turnout or not.
AZ Supreme Court Issues Opinion Explaining Exclusion of Local Candidate from Ballot
“A ton of people didn’t vote because they couldn’t get time off from work”
“2014 midterm election turnout lowest in 70 years”
PBS News Hour:
Final numbers are still being tallied, but at this point it looks pretty clear that turnout in these midterms was the lowest overall in 70 years. Turnout of the voting-eligible population was just 36.4 percent, according to… Continue reading
“Voter Viagra: How to Cure America’s Electoral Apathy?”
“Report: Judge who was cited for voter fraud wants to keep casting ballots in Woodbridge”
NJ.com: “A former local judge who stepped down from the bench earlier this year after being charged with illegally voting in Woodbridge elections wants to have his law office declared as his legal residence so he can continue to… Continue reading
“Preliminary Turnout Numbers Are Way Down From 2010 And 2012”
538:
We don’t know final turnout numbers for Tuesday’s elections for the same reason we don’t have official winners in the Senate races in Alaska and Virginia: Ballots remain uncounted.
Nonetheless, enough data is in for Michael P. McDonald,… Continue reading
“A Case for Compulsory Voting”
“The big problem with a right-to-vote constitutional amendment”
NYT Room for Debate: Should Voting in An Election Be A Constitutional Right?
You can read the forum here.
Guarantee Basic Principles
KEITH ELLISON AND MARK POCAN, CONGRESSMEN
Take politicians in the nearly 10,000 voting jurisdictions out of the business of deciding who can vote and which votes count.
Enforce Existing Rights, … Continue reading
“Record-breaking ‘Souls to Polls’ turnouts Sunday in South Florida”
“US court denies motion to sequester Article XII ballots”
The latest from the CNMI voting dispute.