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Does Mail-in Voting Actually Increase Election Participation?

The Lowe Down

The 2020 United States presidential election saw a major increase in mail-in voting as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This shift was politicized, with republicans falsely claiming the method was more prone to widespread fraud, and democrats hoping that an increased turnout stemming from mail-in voting would benefit their party.

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Thanks Obama! (for saving my life)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Utah joined the program in 2019, not because the state government did the right thing, but because voters approved joining the program in a referendum vote in 2018 (" What is the Status of Medicaid Expansion in Utah? Kaiser Family Foundation).

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Revisiting what I wrote about in 2010/2012 back to the fore: regional cultural funding in Greater Detroit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I am not sure it passed, because there is a vote in August on a property tax levy for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Also see " As millage vote looms, lawmaker and DIA spar over finances " from the Detroit Free Press. mill tax for the Detroit Zoo they approved in 2008. mills to help pay for the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

In particular, the organization’s Foreclosure Response Program—launched in 2008 in direct response to the devastating foreclosure crisis—has proven a resilient model for affordable single-family development.

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Technical Leadership Needs Advance The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Public Policy Blog

Waldo , concerned himself with the later, more expansive conception of the dichotomy, which included the process of policy making ( Rosenbloom, 2008 ). American political scientist, Dwight D. All hope is not lost, however, since there are “hundreds who are wise.”

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nina Berman , Homeland Security Advisory Billboard, Country Club Hills, IL, 2008, from the Homeland series. From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. presidential election.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nina Berman , Homeland Security Advisory Billboard, Country Club Hills, IL, 2008, from the Homeland series. From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. presidential election.