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Episode 65: Timing is Everything
Episode 65: Timing is Everything
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jan 3, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
A voting rule no one is talking about could change the face of elections across the country. Professor Zoltan Hajnal explains how combining national, state, and local election days would boost turnout and reduce disparities in voting and representation. For More on this Topic: Check out his two-page brief, To Avert the Next Ferguson, Reschedule Elections to Make Local Politics More Representative Read his book, America’s Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Race, and Representation in City Politics. Further Reading: How The Timing of Elections Shapes Turnout, Election Outcomes, and Public Policy, Sarah F. Anzia, University of California, Berkeley Do Election Reforms Promote Equal Participation?, Elizabeth Rigby, The George Washington University
Released:
Jan 3, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 25 Bonus: Bad Timing for “Isis Wallet”: Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy stays post-interview to tell the story of a small tech and financial services company with a unique branding problem. by Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon