The Center for Public Integrity is releasing a dataset of polling place locations used in the 2020 general election to help journalists and researchers analyze access to the ballot box and the potential impact of a slew of changes to state election laws. The new data release, available via Github, includes polling place locations and […]
Category: Barriers to the Ballot Box
The novel coronavirus has fundamentally shifted the way many Americans vote: Local election officials, in the name of safety, have closed thousands of polling places and encouraged voting by mail. But since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision to weaken major protections in the Voting Rights Act, polling place closures and changes have affected equal access to the ballot for communities of color. A project of the Center for Public Integrity and Stateline. Stateline is an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
