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Voter ID Laws – A Solution to Voter Fraud or a Threat to Democracy?

by Annie Ha | Sep 30, 2022 | Ohio State University

If there is one democratic concept that has been emphasized time and time again, one idea that is vital for a state to even credit itself as democratic––it’s elections. Yet, since the 2020 presidential election, many have questioned our electoral system’s...

Increasing “Voter Security” Increases Impediments to Voting in the United States

by Danae Gaytan | Apr 19, 2021 | Boston University

The 2020 Presidential Election represents a new era in the breakdown of American Democracy. Although Joe Biden won the presidency, in many states he won by a rather slim margin contrary to what many expected. Combined with the fact that the incumbent president, Donald...

Georgia: Unintended Runoff Consequences

by Leo Fonsingerman | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago

The two Georgia runoff elections for senate positions are key events contributing to the ongoing democratic erosion going on in the United States with regards to the discrediting of the national presidential election results. Democratic wins in both run-offs would...

Fostering Distrust: The Corrosive Nature of Trump’s Widespread Accusations of Voter Fraud

by Molly Portwood | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago

When Joe Biden was announced the President-elect of the United States, sitting President Donald Trump promptly filed multiple lawsuits in states regarding how elections were held and how ballots were counted… all of which have come up unsuccessful for him. Moreover,...

In This Election, It’s Not Democrat or Republican on the Ballot– It’s Democracy

by Eliza Beckerman-Lee | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago

After a summer marked by a global health crisis, social upheaval, and a devastating economic downturn, the stakes of an American presidential election have never been higher. And with early voting well under way and election day coming up in less than two weeks,...
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