Voter ID laws posed big hurdle for minority youth in 2012 elections, study confirms
At polling places across America in November 2012,
Latinos and African Americans under age 30 were disproportionately asked
for identification, even in states that do not have voter ID laws,
according to a post-election analysis by researchers at Washington
University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago.
Protecting free speech of state judicial candidates has not hurt court legitimacy
GibsonA 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision protecting the right of judicial candidates to speak freely about controversial issues opened the door for state judicial election campaigns to become increasingly nasty, bitter and politicized. However, the Court’s decision has not directly damaged the court system’s legitimacy in the eyes of citizens, suggests a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.