Sentences with phrase «on voter participation»
A lot of research on voter participation mentions...
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We put such a high value on the right to democratic participation that we forbid voters from making tradeoffs of this kind, from weighing how much they value their ability to vote against how much they value some quantity of money.
What is needed is a change in perspective, one that places participation on a foundation that is truly distinct to Christianity, one that takes seriously the limitations of the individual voter and the decreasing political influence of Christianity, and one that affirms the Sovereign ordination of the democratic regime under which we live.
In a discussion about the recent French presidential election at the Personal Democracy Forum unConference this past Saturday, Pascal - Emmanuel Gobry presented an interesting thesis: not only did Ségolène Royal's «net - centric strategy fail to win a majority at the polls, but her campaign's emphasis on citizen participation may have actually backfired entirely by undermining her perception as a leader and by leaving her dependent on a fatally unrepresentative group of voters.
New York could dramatically boost voter participation by holding elections on weekends, according to a new field survey by state Senate Democrats.
It is only practical to hold the state primary on the same day as the federal primary, allowing for a stronger and more cohesive voter participation.»
Allowing voting during the week preceding an election — including on the weekend — would enable more New Yorkers to vote, and bring New York closer to the goal of full voter participation.
Instead, she said, the groups are focusing on helping the poor, battling global warming, increasing voter participation, and rights for immigrants.
And they differed on the best strategy to increase voter participation.
He added that early voting brings convenience to voters because it can lead to shorter lines at voting stations on Election Day, which in turn can lead to an increase in participation.
The grounds on which these reliefs were sought by Zanetor in the Supreme Court were that; The learned judge erred in law when he assumed jurisdiction to interpret article 94 (1) of the constitution holding that once the applicant had put herself out as a contestant in the parliamentary primaries of the NDC she was caught by article 94 (1)(a) which requires that she must be a registered voter at the time of her participation in the primaries.
Cox, who is remaining neutral in the race, says the intense focus on New York can only be good overall for party participation and voter turnout.
ALBANY — Mayor de Blasio took his campaign to increase voter participation to the state Capitol on Saturday.
That's about average for off - year local elections, way short of predictions from advocates of single - member districts, who had argued that replacing multi-member districts with one - on - one contests voters would result in better - known candidates and greater voter participation.
Mayor de Blasio took his campaign to increase voter participation to the state Capitol on Saturday.
Conducted in the shadow of a huge vote on membership of the European Union, what have we learned from «Super Thursday» and its lead up in terms of sub-national politics and voter participation in the UK?
The executive director of the New York City Board of Elections said at a City Council budget hearing on Friday that recent failings by the board, revealed in a WNYC report, were not entirely the BOE's responsibility and that voters in New York needed to step up their participation and involvement in ensuring that their votes count.
A recent report on the positive effects of Democracy Prep Public Schools on graduates» voter registration and elections participation shows that at least some charter schools are taking civics seriously.
She's also a tireless advocate with a proven track record of fighting for and working - on a broad cross section of human and civil rights ranging from race, women's rights, immigration, voter participation and labor.
I also worked collaboratively with other local artists, primarily on Black Cutural installation pieces also for voter participation.
«Establish a statutory holiday on polling days for provincial and municipal elections to encourage voter participation.»
As I mentioned in my last post, Turnbull's narrow win has left us with a government standing for nothing but delaying various inevitable outcomes, including * equal marriage; * participation in global action on climate change; and, most notably * Turnbull's removal from office, whether by voters or, more likely, by his own colleagues.
Depending on which cohort was being targeted, the efforts encouraged pro-Trump voters to intensify political participation, black voters to abandon Hillary Clinton for Trump, and Muslim voters to consider Clinton an Islamophobe.
«It had information about my voter registration, information about results in my district and a political model about my beliefs and a prediction of my participation,» Carroll said on CBSN Saturday.
Matching subjects to voter files, I show that this intervention had a noticeable long - run impact on political participation.
There are three major reasons, in my opinion, that contribute to the lack of voter participation in elections, and they are these; 1) Eligible voters believe that their votes count for nothing, that their votes will not have any effect on the outcome, 2) That many, if not most, politicians are sadly the same (in it for their own personal gain, be it fame, a stepping - stone toward future appointments, or simply to satisfy their uber egos).