The 2019 City Charter Commission issued its preliminary staff report Tuesday, with recommendations for revisions to the city charter.
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Students Campaign To Vote At 16 In LA School District Elections
High schoolers this decade have stormed out of their classrooms after the 2016 election, demanding protection for immigrants.
Denver Blockchain Vote Will Pilot Independent Digital Election Audits
The debate over online voting—whether an electronic ballot can be sufficiently trusted—is heading into a higher orbit in Denver.
2 Cities To Participate In Utah’s Ranked Choice Voting Experiment
With a Monday deadline, it appears only two cities in Utah have signed up to participate in the ranked choice voting experiment.
CRISIS: Voter Turnout Under 5% In 17 of 52 Local Illinois Precincts
Seventeen of the 52 precincts combined in Galesburg and Knox County saw less than 5 percent voter turnout in Tuesday’s election.
Tennessee Bill Would Allow Some Local Instant Runoff Voting
A proposal to let Tennessee’s four biggest cities decide whether to allow instant runoff voting in local nonpartisan contests is advancing.
One Single Vote Cast For Elections In Small Missouri Town
A Kansas City, Mo. area political expert calls it “depressing.” Only one person showed up to vote in this week’s municipal election in the town of Randolph.
New Research on Polling Place Lines and Dynamics
In 2016 a consortium of researchers from across U.S. participated in a large study of polling places lines and dynamics in the November general election.
Illinois County Voter Turnout Falls Short Of 10%
Ron Lieving, an election judge for DeKalb Precinct 6, described the voter turnout for Tuesday’s consolidated elections in one word: “horrible.”
Kentucky Professor Outlines The Case For Mandatory Voting
A University of Kentucky law professor is suggesting mandatory voting may be the change necessary to improve voter turnout.