There have been some major voting changes approved by Virginia’s House of Delegates Thursday. Amongst others, they allow counting of late absentee ballots.
Voter Access articles on Democracy Chronicles
This section of DC focuses on voter access: a vitally important aspect of democracy concerned with ease of voting and the various barriers in the way. Voter ID, Compulsory Voting and Felon Voting are just some of the hot button issues highlighted here. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.
West Virginia plans to make smartphone voting available to disabled
West Virginia is moving to become the first state to allow people with disabilities to use technology that would allow them to vote with their smartphones.
Email Interview with the Founder of Democracy Counts
Democracy Counts is a nonpartisan hi-tech startup that has developed election watchdog apps which it will share with volunteer election auditors in 2020.
Two ranking U.S. Senators introduce bill to remove barriers to voting
On Thursday, two ranking U.S. Senators introduced the Accessible Voting Act, which would support state and local efforts to improve voter accessibility.
Bipartisan panel urges nationwide broad remake of voting procedures
All states should adopt automatic voter registration, expand mail-in voting and use new auditing practices for accuracy of vote counts, bipartisan panel.
How Federal Voting Assistance Program encourages airmen 2020 vote
Although Incirlik Airmen may be away from their home state they still have the ability to register and/or submit an absentee ballot this 2020 voting season.
Voting rights: the Bloomberg plan
Mike Bloomberg’s voting rights plan is to prevent voter suppression on the basis of inactivity, restore felon voting rights and add more federal observers.
New Book Examines Lowering the Voting Age to 16
This book explores the consequences of lowering the voting age to 16 from a global perspective.
A Precinct Too Far: Turnout and Voting Costs
Study on the effects of voting costs—specifically, distance to polling location—using geographic discontinuities.
Chronic Undercounting of Native Americans in the Census
Native Americans feel like they don’t count. And they might not be wrong — they are the most undercounted group on the U.S. census.