Sentences with phrase «improve voter turnout»

They worked to improve voter turnout in their county, wrote newsletters for the police department, and developed a Web site to educate people about the dangers of fire ants.»

In downtown Syracuse, local residents are working to improve voter turnout rates through a series of educational workshops.

There's a few things New York can do to improve voter turnout, for starters they could put the primary date and time clearly on their website.

«New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst in terms of voter participation, driven by state laws that create obstacles to voting,» said Megan Ahearn, program director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, «Much of the rest of the nation has developed practices that improve voter turnout.

Some Long Island mayors said changing Election Day was a routine matter and might improve voter turnout.

Newly reunited state Senate Democrats are calling on their Republican counterparts to support measures aimed at improving voter turnout in New York.

The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) has launched a website with the goals of increasing citizen engagement and improving voter turnout for this year's federal election.

Not exact matches

She said it's a step toward improving New York's «abysmal» voter turnout.

Automatic voter registration, approved in eight states and D.C., may also improve turnout via «two transformative, yet simple, changes,» the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan public policy institution based at New York University Law School, has written.

In contrast, the state chapter of the League of Women Voters said early voting could help improve New York's «abysmal rate of voter turnout,» while adding that counties shouldn't bear the cost.

She says it's a step toward improving New York's «abysmal» voter turnout.

«If I am holding onto my constituencies and I only have 4 percent voter turnout, then I don't really have to pay attention to whether I'm improving school performance or not,» Professor Wong said.

Back in 2010, in the journal Representation, I detailed a menu of reforms that states could choose from if they wanted to improve electoral registration and voter turnout by changing simple administrative procedures.