VC Star:
Combined, these 2013 special elections will come with a price tag of roughly $10.4 million.
Among the six that have been conducted thus far, the average voter turnout has been 16.4 percent. The low was 9.1 percent.
Looking… Continue reading
AP: “Democrats make up more than half of the 155 suspected noncitizen voters that Secretary of State Scott Gessler is referring to prosecutors, according to figures released by his office Friday….But Democrats and voting rights groups have questioned Gessler’s… Continue reading
Soon-to-be Indiana U. political scientist Bernard Fraga discusses comparative racial and ethnic turnout, finding that midterm elections and county-level data tell a different story than statewide numbers in presidential years.
To give the overall conclusions context, it helps to… Continue reading
Michael Ellement has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Despite strides in the modern-era, voting continues to present barriers for persons with disabilities. Many in the disability rights community saw promise on the horizon with the passage… Continue reading