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Roll Call
Editorial
June 29, 2009

Among the developed countries of the world — and even some less-developed ones — the United States has the lowest voter registration rate with just 68 percent of registered voters actually signed up to do so.

What’s more, as voting experts assert, registration is the single largest cause of problems on Election Day.read more >>

Promises, Promises: Polling places lack access

Atlanta Journal Constitutional by Kimberly Helfing

Promises, Promises: Polling places lack access

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

By KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Despite high-profile promises over the past 25 years, many disabled Americans still are unable to fully participate in their democracy.read more >>

Voter Turnout In Election Falls Short Of Record

NPR

All Things Considered, November 11, 2008 · Close to 62 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in last week's elections, says Curtis Gans, director of American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate. The number is the highest since 1964, but short of the 67 percent turnout in 1960.

Blacks, Postgrads, Young Adults Help Obama Prevail

Gallup by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- The final pre-election Gallup Poll Daily tracking survey of nearly 2,500 likely voters shows that Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election with practically total support from black Americans, and heavy backing from those with postgraduate educations, young adults (male and female alike), and non-churchgoers. At least 6 in 10 voters in all of these categories cast their votes for Obama.read more >>

Chicago Asian Americans Vote Overwhelmingly for President-Elect Barack Obama

The Asian American Institute by Tuyet Le

Chicago, IL - On November 4, 2008, the Asian American Institute (AAI) partnered with the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC) and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) to conduct exit polling at 7 voting sites in Chinatown and Bridgeport, as well as in 14 other neighborhoods in metropolitan Chicago. read more >>

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