News tagged with absentee voting

Early voting option can decrease turnout, research shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although states are moving quickly to put in place election procedures that allow for early voting, allowing people to cast ballots ahead of Election Day often results in lower turnout, according to research ...

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

College students vote smarter than expected

College students make strategic choices about where to vote, most prefer absentee ballots, and they are especially likely to vote absentee if their homes are in swing states, according to a new Northwestern University study ...

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Even poorer families in India increasingly opt for private schools

(Phys.org) -- A study examining children's schooling in Andhra Pradesh, India, has revealed a dramatic rise in the number of parents opting for fee-paying private schools over state-funded government schools. ...

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Voter registration policy may depress minority participation in electoral politics

An article released by Social Forces indicates that voter identification requirements have a substantially negative impact on the voting of all groups except for Asians. Particularly strong negative effects are seen for Bl ...

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created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10

Placing value, price on new drugs: The challenge facing new UK policy, say Hopkins bioethicists

The United States should pay close attention to how the United Kingdom carries out plans to assess a new drug's worth using factors that go beyond clinical and cost effectiveness, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...

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created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic methods potentially secure for sending blank ballots overseas

Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens living abroad, but using telephone, e-mail, and the Web to transmit completed ballots ...

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created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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