Voter Participation

What is voter turnout and why does it matter for democracies?

Voter turnout shows the percentage of eligible voters who cast their ballot on an election day. It is a measure of civic engagement and political participation ...

Higher Education Presidents' Commitment to Full Student Voter ...

Higher education leaders have a responsibility to prepare students to become responsible and engaged participants in our democracy, and that includes, ...

Voter Participation Reports - Vote.RI.gov

The early voting report includes information about voters who have voted early in-person at their local board of canvassers. Data will be provided daily as an ...

General Election Turnout - Washington Secretary of State - WA.gov

General Election Turnout. OSOS Home; Elections. Starting with 1980. Year, Registered Voters, Ballots Counted, Turnout. 2023, 4,829,084, 1,758,084, 36.41%.

The Impact of State Laws on Voter Registration and Turnout - ESRA

This article concludes that innovations in the way that election administers register voters has an important impact on an individual's likelihood of being ...

THE IMPACT OF MEDICAID EXPANSION ON VOTER ... - PubMed

In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery for the chance to apply for Medicaid. Using this randomized design and ...

FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Promotes Voter Participation ...

Agencies respond to President Biden's call for all-of-government action on information on voting and opportunities to register and vote.

2020 US presidential election sees highest voter turnout since 1900

One of the lowest participation rates recorded in the post-World War II era was in the 1948 election, which had a turnout of 51% - Anadolu ...

Automatic Voter Registration | Brennan Center for Justice

More than a quarter of eligible voters are not registered to vote. Automatic voter registration (AVR) makes registering “opt-out” instead of “opt-in.” Eligible ...

How Does U.S. Voter Turnout Compare to the Rest of the World's?

The debate over how to address persistently low voter turnout is heating up ahead of the midterm elections.

How Did Voter Turnout Compare? - Foreign Policy

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly tapped Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his secretary of state. If Rubio were confirmed, it would make him the ...

Voter Participation - Champaign County Regional Data Portal

In the second method, the voter turnout percentage is calculated using the number of ballots cast compared to the number of registered voters in the county.

Pathways to the Polls: Enhancing Immigrant Voter Participation

Naturalized U.S. citizens have the same voting rights as citizens born in the U.S. Once an immigrant becomes a naturalized citizen, they can vote in all ...

"Undue Burdens on Voter Participation: New Pressures for a ...

Judges and law professors alike have worried that an avowedly structural approach to constitutional adjudication of political rights would embroil the ...

Empowering Civic Engagement and Voter Participation

We understand that voter empowerment and civic engagement is an essential part of the college experience and contributes to democratic participation in our ...

Data Gaps in National Voter Registration and Voter Participation ...

Of those datasets that do exist, one of the most commonly cited is the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the U.S. Census. Bureau. List of Initialisms.

Elections Statistics - Tennessee Secretary of State

Provides voter registration statistics from 1991 to present and voter turnout statistics from August 1994 to present.

Increasing Voter Turnout in Local Elections - National Civic League

The backdrop of the contentious 2020 Presidential election is a valuable opportunity to focus citizens on the importance and impact of their vote in local races ...

5 Ways Governments Can Encourage Increased Voter Turnout For ...

Local elections need to have high turnout to represent the population. Heres how local officials can increase voter turnout.