A 2021 study by Jesse Rhodes, Political Science Professor and Associate Director of the UMass Poll, which found that same-day voter registration yielded a 2%-17% higher Black and Latino voter turnout compared with states without same-day voter registration, is cited in an opinion piece about efforts to define Islamophobia and to establish same-day voter registration in New Jersey. ( The Newark Star-Ledger, 10/28/21; News Office release)