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New Report on Primary Voting Highlights Path to Increase Voter Participation
In 2024, overall turnout for the nation’s 50 regular primary elections was 44 million: 18.5% of eligible voters, or 21% of registered voters. Universal Vote at Home states saw nearly double the national turnout rate
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18-34 Year Old 2020 Turnout Overall and by Key Race and Ethnicities
An analysis of voting file data provides powerful, new evidence of significantly higher turnout in the 2020 presidential election among 18–34-year-olds, including voters of color, in Universal Vote at Home jurisdictions in which all active registered voters were automatically delivered paper ballots.
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VOTE AT HOME
POLICY AND RESEARCH GUIDE
Vote at Home offers various benefits supporting the overall goal of boosting voter
engagement while preserving election security. While some of these benefits are available through more limited forms of mailed ballot voting, greater benefits accrue
as states and jurisdictions advance to higher levels.
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WHO'S VOTING FOR AMERICA'S MAYOR'S?
HARDLY ANYONE
In the most recent (2020) presidential general election, we know that about 2 in 3 eligible voters cast ballots. In recent midterm (2022) contests, it’s closer to 1 in 2. And in party primaries, where the eventual winners in the vast majority of partisan races are actually decided, about 1 in 4 voters.
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THE CAUSAL EFFECTS OF DELIVERING BALLOTS
TO VOTERS
A unique situation in which registered voters in some legislative districts in Los Angeles County were subjected to universal Vote at Home in the March 2020 primary.
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CA Ballot Tracking: Who's Using It & How Does It Impact Voter Confidence & Behavior?
Examining who is signed up to track their ballot, what their voting behaviors are, and how they differ from those who do not use the tool can improve our understanding of how BallotTrax may be influencing Californians’ interactions with the electoral process.
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