When Will We Know Election Results?

By Emily Baker (JMU ’21, POSC), Madelyn Ward (JMU ’22, Economics & Public Policy), and Jamie Panko (JMU ’23, POSC) We have never had election results on Election Night. What we see in the media are projections of outcomes. This year, depending on...

VEEP Debate

By Emily Baker
, Will Grimm, 
Alexander Nunez, 
Madelyn Ward The vice presidential debate will take place on Wednesday, October 7 from 9 to 10:30 p.m. ET. It will be held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and moderated by Susan Page of USA Today.   How...

JMU Debate Watch

“The evidence overwhelmingly indicates that the most important debate, at least in terms of information acquisition, is the first debate … ” -Thomas Holbrook, “Political Learning from Presidential Debates” Presidential debates are an opportunity to hear candidates’...

New Voting Laws in Virginia

Post by Ethan Gardner, JMU ’20, Democracy Fellow Automatic Voter Registration via DMV HB 235: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB235 Delegate Joshua Cole Automatic electronic transmission of voter registration information to the Department of...

Women Breaking Barriers – A Timeline

2019-2020 marks the 100th anniversary since the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which articulated that, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on...