Registration Bottlenecks: Will They Be a Problem in ’08?
July 1 (Nathan Cemenska)Due to the history-making candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, many states experienced unprecedented levels of voter turnout during the Democratic primaries. It was a dream come true for many social scientists and others who have long bemoaned our nation’s typically anemic levels of political participation. Indeed, one can only hope that participation is even higher in the general election and, with candidates as distinct as McCain and Obama, maybe it will be. Still, before we go patting ourselves on the back for getting people involved, we have to consider whether our elections infrastructure is really ready for the level of participation that could occur.
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