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Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
Joined August 2016
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Today we are delighted to launch SEVEN new white papers assessing the current state of knowledge and practice in seven key areas of election administration. Find it all at electionlab.mit.edu/research…
In the newser this week, new resources from @MITelectionlab's Mapping Election Administration and Election Science initiative. That, plus so much more election news and info: electionline.org/electionlin…
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New: Texas wants to build its own voter list crosscheck program after a push from the TX GOP to get rid of the tool that already does that — Kansas did it and failed. Indiana tried too and that program stalled texas.votebeat.org/2023/3/28… – at Austin, TX
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‘Naked ballots’ are back — and they’re a danger to democracy wapo.st/3EWZFJw
A change in PA laws & rise in mail voting led many to worry about "naked" ballots being disqualified in 2020. Daniel Hopkins, @mieuque, & Kira Wang of @Penn looked at how things actually shook out: bit.ly/3zlqce7 @PennPORES
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Check out recent work with @KenielYao, @jgaeb1, @KonitzerTobias, @DavMicRot, @mieuque and @5harad, on the effect of polling place changes on voting behavior. Link, arxiv.org/pdf/2105.01728.pdf, and 🧵!
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.@mieuque/@PennSAS: "The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 helps, but is not sufficient to prevent poorly-conceived list maintenance protocols from unnecessarily disenfranchising minority voters."
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As y'all know, I study higher ed lobbyists and used to work for one. A friend asked how I would lobby against the Graduate School Tuition Waiver Tax if I were still in the game. I thought about it, and here’s how I would tell students to oppose the #GradStudentTax (Thread): 1/19
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Congress may look like it's going after grad students. It's really going after universities. perfect-free.typepad.com/the…
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ATTN: Do you study the politics of criminal justice? Join @l_eckhouse @AlliPatter @ArielRWhite & I for a mini-conference @APSAtweets 2018! Details to submit by 12/10/17 below. Spread the word! @womenalsoknow @POCalsoknow dropbox.com/request/2MBBwAO4…
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Exciting life/career update! Short version: I'll be starting to work at @Penn and @NBCNews in December. Long version in the pic:
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Here are a few considerations that I find useful for students trying to figure out whether a PhD in economics is a good fit for them. 1/n
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1/ This is estimated impact of Cassidy-Graham cuts, by state partisanship. Blue states hit harder than red. But plan ravages Louisiana.
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1/10 Theres been off-base reporting frm Fox, Washington Times & Kobach in Breitbart on those w out-of-state licenses voting in New Hampshire
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Folks there was no massive fraud. Kobach is just trying to make you doubt the system so he can kick people off the rolls.
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Striking that Alaska Senator Murkowksi is a no vote on Devos, given that the state contains 98% of US brown bears
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I am at my wit's end. Richman is now using invalidated data to extrapolate for an election for which he has no data at all. Irresponsible
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