Sentences with phrase «voting participation»

As the generation with the lowest voting participation rate of any that came before, Newsweek called them «the generation that dropped out without ever turning on the news or tuning in to the social issues around them.»
Given typical US voting participation rate (shy of 60 % even on high - turnout Presidential elections, never mind other lower turnout elections), finding such a person isn't hard.
Many individuals and groups propose improvements in voting access such as early voting period, same day registration, and even Election Day held on weekend as remedies for the lack of voting participation.
Perhaps, but the high levels of voter registration and reports of very high postal vote participation indicate that «Yes» may have prepared a groundswell of support on polling day.
In the field and in labs students applied scientific concepts and methods to problems they find relevant, using research data to develop and test responses to assist local policing, broaden voting participation and protect drinking water supplies.
In addition to the President's ex officio and non voting participation, the PESC shall include its own Chairperson and the Chairpersons of its component Committees, each of whom shall be a Certificate Holder.
As per above, given typical US voting participation rate (shy of 60 % even on high - turnout Presidential elections, never mind other lower turnout elections), finding such a person isn't hard.
In fact, LWV surveys indicate that voting participation has actually declined.
This three - and - a-half-minute clip looks at the emergence of the EU, voting participation, representation and recent topical issues such as the Eurozone and the refugee crises.
Campbell is torn between his appreciation of what has been lost and his acceptance of the reality of an ever more heterogeneous society in which tolerance is essential, but firmly insists that schools have an obligation to raise civic consciousness and voting participation.
«Our democracy faces challenges today that can be remedied by state courts, from entrenched gerrymandering that dilutes and distorts voters» influence in elections to barriers to voting participation that disproportionally impact historically disenfranchised minorities.»
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