Many college students registering for the first time are among the record numbers of new registrants being reported across the country. The question of whether these students should register and vote in the home towns or the communities where they attend school has arisen in a number of states this election season. A new paper from Richard Niemi, Michael Hanmer, and Thomas Jackson takes a careful look at the issue, concluding that while states cannot exclude students from voting in their college town, they can require those wanting to register to demonstrate residence in other ways.
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Election reform policies are not immune to the problem of unintended consequences, and, in a new book, Charles Schaffer examines a range of issues that unexpectedly arise in response to reform efforts. In a new piece, the Election Reform Project’s Jessica Leval reviews The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform, summarizing Schaffer’s major points and examples, and assessing his proposals for mitigating the potentially negative effects of policy change.
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