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Latino Voters Do Vote By Mail- But Only if We Let Them
Publication Date: October 2007
Publisher(s): Common Cause Education Fund
Author(s): Derek Cressman
Topic: Politics (Elections and voting)
Population and demographics (Ethnic and racial groups)
Keywords: voting; elections
Coverage: Colorado
Abstract:
An analysis of election data for Denver, Colorado shows that voters in heavily Latino districts have higher rates of participation in elections conducted entirely by mail. It also showed that the state's policy of removing inactive voters had a disproportional effect on heavily Latino districts.