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It’s Time We Rock the Youth Voting Rights Act
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, significant reforms must be made to increase youth civic engagement and voter participation. In...
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Apr 27, 20234 min read


Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Losses: Why the Republican Embrace of Extreme Conservatism Could Usher in
“Make America Great Again.” While the infamous slogan may conjure images of the twice-impeached former US president, its message...
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Mar 15, 20237 min read


We Should Chat: How online disinformation impacts the democratic participation of first-generation
“George Soros backed the violence in Charlottesville.” “Liberal media threatens to violently destroy Mount Rushmore.” You have probably...
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Mar 14, 20216 min read


Homeless and Hopeless: America’s Silenced Voting Problem
Criminally underserved and unheard by the public, the homeless population in the United States is one of the most marginalized groups in...
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Mar 14, 20215 min read


Partisan Primaries in Florida: An Interview with Steve Hough
Steve Hough is the director of Florida Fair and Open Primaries, an organization that, alongside Open Primaries and All Voters Vote,...
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Jan 28, 202110 min read


The Donkey in the Room: How the DSCC is undermining the democratic process
Max Pushkin ’22.5 and Ben Lipson ’22.5 are two of the co-founders of Make Room, a grassroots political action committee. On a cloudy June...
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Jan 8, 20215 min read


Long Lines to Vote Are Unconstitutional
If there is one enduring legacy of American democracy, it is a profound commitment to preventing people from voting. Under the...
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Dec 11, 20207 min read


First in the Nation: How the Presidential Primary Calendar Prioritizes White Voters
As caucuses in Iowa closed on February 3rd, Americans waited with bated breath to learn which Democratic candidates will have an early...
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Mar 1, 20205 min read


Moved Out, Locked In
In 2008, Danny Young was elected to represent the Second Ward of Anamosa, Iowa. The catch? He only received two votes: one from his wife...
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Dec 31, 20195 min read


A Straightforward Decision
If you find yourself voting in Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or Utah, you might be...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Give Prisoners the Vote
In the November 2018 midterm elections, Floridian voters passed an amendment restoring the voting rights of convicted felons. As a...
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Dec 16, 20183 min read


Stuff The Ballot, Not The Ballot-Box
In classrooms across the United States, American children learn the basic structure of their government, a system comprised of three...
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Dec 11, 20184 min read


Pick Your Poison
As American politics becomes increasingly polarized, the two-party system has become an obstacle to healthy government. Extremism often...
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Nov 25, 20185 min read


New York’s Polling Stations Are Full of Promises, but Where Are the Voters?
Being involved in politics has become trendy again. Increased political polarization and nearly constant controversy in the White House...
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Oct 23, 20185 min read


Opening Our Democracy in the Age of Voter Disaffection
At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama urged a fuming crowd to translate their anger into votes. The mantra...
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Oct 17, 20186 min read


American Voter Turnout: The Overlooked Crisis Of Our Democracy
Lost amidst the perpetual scandals, ruthless mudslinging, and overall unprecedented nature of the 2016 American Presidential election was...
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Mar 2, 20176 min read


The Maltese Election: Making Sense of 95 Percent Turnout
92.95 percent. 93.30 percent. 95.70 percent. No, these figures are not Rotten Tomatoes ratings of Humphrey Bogart’s The Maltese Falcon....
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Oct 6, 20165 min read


Reforming Caucuses
When most Americans think about choosing a party’s presidential nominee, they likely imagine voting booths and secret ballots, not...
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Mar 16, 20164 min read


Anti-Fraud, Anti-Voting: The Pitfalls of IDs at the Booth
When a US federal court blocked Wisconsin’s voter ID law in 2014, Governor Walker famously said, “It doesn’t matter if there’s one, 100...
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Mar 14, 20163 min read


The Ghost Vote: Prison Gerrymandering in Florida
On March 9, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit charging the election system of Jefferson County, Florida...
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Mar 30, 20154 min read
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