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Over 3,000 Navajo Homes Receive Accurate Addresses

Emily Arntsen

April 04, 2024 |

The Daily Yonder |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Utah

To improve voting access for residents of the Navajo Nation, who often don’t have official addresses, the Rural Utah Project partnered with Google to assign and distribute Plus Codes, more accurate address coordinates that use longitude and latitude. The organization has since registered nearly 2,000 new voters using the Plus Codes, and the new addresses have resulted in other unexpected benefits, such as improved response time for emergency responders and better access to delivery services.

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Could ranked-choice voting take the poison out of politics?

Meghna Chakrabarti

March 19, 2024 |

WBUR |

Radio Talk Show |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

After Alaska and Maine implemented ranked-choice voting, which allows citizens to rank candidates in the order of their preference, voters reported feeling more engaged in the process and noticing less extreme rhetoric among politicians running for office. Despite efforts to repeal the system on the basis that it is confusing, about 70 percent of voters ranked more than one candidate on their ballot.

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Deep red Utah wants to keep voting by mail

Matt Vasilogambros

March 12, 2024 |

Stateline |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Utah has universal vote-by-mail, in which every eligible voter receives a ballot in the mail ahead of elections. Even as other Republican-led states have placed more restrictions on voting by mail, Utah legislators have rejected proposed changes, and roughly three-quarters of likely voters in 2024 say they think the process produces “fair outcomes.”

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Get Loud Arkansas sees success in new voter registration strategy

Mary Hennigan

February 26, 2024 |

Arkansas Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Arkansas

Since Arkansas does not allow online voter registration, Get Loud Arkansas collects voters’ information via an online form and then submits the registration paperwork for them, helping reach residents who are less likely to register in person via paper applications. So far, 358 people have registered using the organization’s online system, and nearly 80 percent of those were people under 20.

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How a new way to vote is gaining traction in states — and could transform US politics

Zachary Roth

December 28, 2023 |

Stateline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alaska

Some states are combining ranked choice voting, which asks voters to rank candidates by order of preference, with Final Five primaries where multiple candidates advance to the general election, rather than one candidate from each major party. After implementing both reforms, Alaska saw more women run for office than in the five previous elections, and an analysis of the system found it improved representation by giving voters more choice and encouraging candidates to appeal to a wider demographic.

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Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. Here's what you should know about it

Miles Parks

December 13, 2023 |

NPR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alaska

Advocates of ranked choice voting, which allows residents to rank candidates from their favorite to least favorite, say the system encourages politicians to appeal to a wider range of viewpoints, as evidenced by a recent congressional race in Alaska in which Mary Peltola, a moderate Democrat, was elected over more extreme candidates. The system is currently used by two states for statewide races and in nearly four dozen cities for local elections.

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Does Mandatory Civic Education Increase Voter Turnout?

Jenna Spinelle Michael Berkman Chris Beem

December 04, 2023 |

Democracy Works |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Since 2015, 18 states have adopted the Civic Education Initiative, which requires high school students to take an exam modeled on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Civics test. However, researchers have determined that voter turnout rates did not increase among the target age group in states that adopted the policy.

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Little by little, perpetual vote-by-mail list reshapes New Jersey's off-year elections

Nikita Biryukov

November 30, 2023 |

New Jersey Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Thanks to a 2019 law, New Jersey voters who request a mail-in ballot one time continue to receive them in perpetuity for future elections without needing to submit another request. The state has seen mail-in voting rates increase in off-year elections since the perpetual vote-by-mail list was created, with 22 percent of votes cast in 2021 attributed to mail-in ballots compared to 16.7 percent in 2019.

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The Black Women Who Fought for Ohio's Historic Abortion Win

Larada Lee-Wallace

November 21, 2023 |

ELLE Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

Ahead of a ballot measure to guarantee access to abortion and reproductive health care in Ohio, the Black-led Ohio Women’s Alliance spoke with more than 1.3 million young female BIPOC voters, framing the campaign as a fight for a wide range of reproductive services. Residents approved the constitutional amendment with 60 percent of female voters and 83 percent of Black voters voting in favor.

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Oakland County, Westland clerks tout success of early voting pilot program

Stephen Henderson

November 08, 2023 |

WDET |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Michigan

After Michiganders approved a constitutional amendment allowing residents to vote early in federal and statewide elections, municipal clerks reported that the state’s first test of early voting in November 2023 was a success with nearly 4,600 people casting ballots.

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