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    New evidence shows that letting people vote early benefits Republicans while Election-Day Registration helps Democrats

New evidence shows that letting people vote early benefits Republicans while Election-Day Registration helps Democrats

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While Republicans tend to make it harder for people to vote through initiatives such as Voter ID requirements, Democrats tend to be in favor of measures which make voting easier, such as early and Election-Day registration. But do both measures advocated by Democrats actually have an impact on turnout? Barry Burden, David Canon, Ken Mayer and Donald Moynihan have […]

Early voting actually decreases election turnout, if implemented on its own.

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Politicians and commentators have been concerned about election turnout rates for decades, and there have been significant efforts to make voting easier in order to address this concern. Barry C. Burden, David T. Canon, Kenneth R. Mayer, and Donald P. Moynihan take a close look at the policy of early voting across the U.S. They find that, if implemented on […]

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