Sentences with phrase «voting turnout rate»

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The complaint alleges that out - of - state voters were allowed to vote, and questions the integrity of results from Jefferson County, which is 43 % black and saw a 47 % turnout rate, which Moore called «highly unusual» — i.e. higher than expected.

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 2008, when voter turnout rates were at or around record highs, fewer than half (44.9 percent) of adults in households making less than $ 30,000 per year voted, according to Census Bureau data.

And while young people in general tend to vote at lower rates than the population as a whole, the signs are that student turnout in 2015 will be high.

McDonald used voting - eligible population (VEP), or the number of eligible voters independent of their current registration status, to calculate turnout rates in each state on November 4.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

Additionally, Ryan called upon the legislature to enact other voting reforms to modernize elections in New York, make it easier to vote, and expand voting options for all New Yorkers to help boost low turnout rates.

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.

We can also attest to, and hereby state categorically that, there is no evidence that any of the artistes aggrieved and vocal about their displeasure to the turnout of the award, voted in the «Next - Rated» category, as our voting process captures email addresses and phone numbers.

More than two - thirds of the union's membership voted Tuesday, which is one of the highest turnout rates in its history, Zabinski said.

• Voter registration restrictions that give New York one of the lowest rates of election turnout in the nation, prohibiting same - day registration an mail - in voting.

The simple fact is we've let New York's election laws atrophy, and we now have one of the worst voter turnout rates in the country,» said State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Ranking Member of the Senate Elections Committee and sponsor of early voting legislation.

Because committee members» ballots are weighted according to how many people in their area voted for the Democratic candidate in the most recent gubernatorial election, Upper West Siders wielded outsize influence in the decision process because of vastly higher turnout rates in their neighborhood — even though it makes up a relatively small portion of the district.

Good government groups have long pushed for the change, noting New York's historically low voter turnout rates and saying that a more flexible voting system might help.

So, why do some states — like Mississippi, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (which had the highest voting rates)-- have higher voter turnout?

Compared to other states New York has low voter turnout rates and is one of a minority of states that still doesn't allow early voting.

New York State, for example, which has had lower than the national average voting rates, has low turnout rates from its younger voters.

The women lawmakers say that while the goal is increasing turnout rates for all voters, early voting would be particularly helpful for many women who must juggle work and family obligations.

Twenty years after students participated in the program, John Holbein, a researcher at Princeton and the new study's author, matched Fast Track participants — now adults — to state voter files and found that those in the intervention group voted at a rate 11 to 14 percentage points higher than their peers in the control group, a significant boost considering that get - out - the - vote programs typically boost turnout by only 1 to 4 percentage points.

Because voting is not a very costly act, this could easily account for a turnout rate that is 7 to 8 percent above that of ordinary citizens.