The country has a long way to go, but California is providing a path to a safe and secure election. Read more >
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Which States Are Prepared for the 2020 Election?
May 13, 2020 12:47 PM EDT
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic poses a major threat to the November 2020 election. Congress must act now, and act decisively, to help states protect the lives of millions of voters as they exercise their most fundamental right as citizens. Read more >
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New Study Shows Benefits of Voting by Mail
May 5, 2020 10:05 AM EDT
As we think about how to manage this crisis, a timely new study by political scientists Adam Bonica, Jacob M. Grumbach, Charlotte Hill and Hakeem Jefferson demonstrates positive effects on voter turnout from Colorado’s approach to voting: universal vote-by-mail. Read more >
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Analysis: Voter Fraud Proponents Are Frauds
April 15, 2020 10:29 AM EDT
Allowing Americans to vote by mail does not increase voter fraud. That’s the takeaway from a joint analysis UCS just completed with the UCLA Voting Rights Project and the University of New Mexico’s Center for Social Policy. Voter fraud in US elections continues to be extremely low, and people should not be forced to put their health at risk to exercise their right to vote. Read more >
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COVID-19 Has Put Our Democracy in Critical Condition
April 8, 2020 11:44 AM EDT
An electoral disaster is unfolding in Wisconsin. The voting rights of thousands of voters were violated when they were given, in the words of one of the state judges who dissented in the decision to prevent the postponement of the primary: “an untenable choice: endanger your safety and potentially your life by voting or give up your right to vote by heeding the recent and urgent warnings about the fast growing pandemic.” Read more >