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Professor Rhodes Quoted About the Expiration Of Voting Law Changes In MA Due To The Pandemic

Jesse Rhodes, Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, is quoted in a regionally-syndicated article about the expiration of voting law changes in Massachusetts, including same-day voter registration, which were enacted at the start of the COVID pandemic. Rhodes says research has shown same-day registration – used by at least 20 states, including Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine – to be an effective tool in increasing voter turnout and participation by younger voters and voters in marginalized communities. “Same-day registration is a reform that tends to increase both the level and diversity of voter turnout in elections, and the idea is popular in the state,” he says. (The North Andover Eagle-Tribune, 12/12/2021)

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