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BBC
The truth behind Trump’s biggest illegal voter claim
Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies Brian Schaffner defends data from the Cooperative Election Study (of which he is co-principal investigator), which informed a 2014 article claiming that large populations of non-citizens voted in the 2008 and 2010 elections. Schaffner notes “it’s not possible to draw statistical conclusions from a relatively small number of survey participants.”
HuffPost
Get In Loser, We're Going Voting: How Young Women Are Shifting Left
Abby Kiesa of CIRCLE comments on increased civic engagement among young women saying, “The last presidential election, we saw young women turn out at rates higher than their peers who identify as men in every race and ethnicity for which we had data.” Multiple CIRCLE studies are referenced.
How Will Undecided Voters Affect the Presidential Election?
Past elections show that they often don’t end up voting, and it’s unclear how undecided they really are, say Tufts researchers
NBC News
How one Minnesota college got nearly 90% voter turnout - and is pushing for more
Jen McAndrew comments on state laws that create barriers for young voters, saying, “We believe when it comes to young people and voting, we don’t actually have an apathy problem. We have an access problem.”
The Boston Globe
$7.7m vs. $1.2m: On the MCAS ballot measure, business-backed opponents are getting outspent — and out-campaigned
Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, weighs in on the lackluster campaign against Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 on whether to drop the state’s MCAS requirement for graduation.
NBC10 Boston
Mass. ballot question 1: Should the state auditor be able to audit the legislature?
Analysis from cSPA on Massachusetts Ballot Question 1 on whether the state auditor should be allowed to investigate the Legislature is linked in this article.
Teen Vogue
