Latino Voters Do Vote By Mail- But Only if We Let Them


 

Publication Date: October 2007

Publisher: Common Cause Education Fund

Author(s): Derek Cressman

Research Area: Politics; Population and demographics

Keywords: voting; elections

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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.