Hacking4Democracy: 2020 Elections Student Course Reflections
Co-taught by Prof. Cathy Copeland (Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication), Prof. Adrienne Hooker (School of Media Arts and Design), and Dr. Carah Ong Whaley (Political Science), the interdisciplinary JMU Civic and JMU Xlabs Hacking4Democracy: 2020 Elections...
The Electoral College Will Meet December 14, 2020. Here’s what you should know now.
By Angelina Clapp (JMU '20, Political Science), Democracy Program Fellow Electors will officially meet to cast their votes on December 14, 2020. Here's a brief history of the Electoral College and an overview of pending legal challenges in the 2020 Elections. History...
How Will the 2020 Elections Impact Immigration Policy?
By Diego F. Salinas, Woodson Martin Democracy Fellow, JMU '18, School of Theatre and Dance and Modern Foreign Languages The issue of immigration is usually framed in dollars and cents. Pundits and politicians debate about how much immigrants pay in taxes, their...
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 how the electoral...
Final Presidential Debate: What You Should Know
By Katelyn Crume, Haley McAllister, Brenden McRay, and Thomas Weber The second 2020 presidential debate will take place on Thursday, October 22, from 9 to 10:30 p.m. ET. It will be held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and moderated by NBC news host...
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...