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Workers in yellow vests take folded mail-in ballots from a tray.

States that send a mail ballot to every voter really do increase turnout, scholars find

BY: - October 7, 2023

Lately, a rough consensus has emerged among people who study the impact of voting policies: Though they often spark fierce partisan fighting, most changes to voting laws do little to affect overall turnout, much less election results. But one fast-growing reform appears to stand out as an exception. When every registered voter gets sent a […]

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Shaken by post-pandemic disruptions, some states take a harder line on school discipline

BY: - September 25, 2023

Parents in Boone County, Kentucky, were outraged this past January when a ninth grader who had been suspended a year earlier for threatening violence against his fellow students returned to class as soon as his punishment time was up. The parents packed a school board meeting, excoriating the county superintendent and other officials for the […]