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Nearly half of eligible voters in Arizona don’t cast ballots Joseph Garcia, with Tom Collins July 27, 2018 This column first appeared July 26, 2018 at Arizona Capital Times.
Guv candidate calls for ICE overhaul The Arizona Capitol Times reported on the political risk and potential impact of Arizona Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Garcia calling to overhaul the federal ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) agency. The news article noted:
Community growth dependent on water management KJZZ reported that the exotic animal park Out of Africa in Camp Verde, Arizona wants to expand to add a hotel, conference center and possibly a water park. For the water park in particular, investors would want assurances the site had a defined water source and buy-in from the community.
Arizona's changing voter demographics Joseph Garcia, Director of the Latino Public Policy Center at ASU's Morrison Institute was a guest on KTAR and explained how changing voter demographics in Arizona could turn the state blue in the near future. LISTEN (Running Time: 07:37)
Effort needed to register new voters Tucson News Now reported that ONE Arizona, a non-partisan coalition of 19 organizations dedicated to Latino voter registration, immigration, economic justice and education, announced the launch of the statewide effort to register thousands of new voters by this fall. The effort is needed in Arizona, according to a study by the Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Morrison Institute.
Millennials and independents keep skipping Arizona elections. Why? And what's the fix? Andrea Whitsett, with Damien R. Meyer July 23, 2018 This column first appeared July 22, 2018 at azcentral. Opinion: Only 55 percent of eligible Arizona voters cast a ballot in 2016. Could a lack of information on offices and issues be part of the culprit? We know too many potential voters are skipping Arizona elections. But why? And most importantly, what we can do about it?
School superintendent gives thanks In a column in the West Valley View, Litchfield Elementary School District superintendent Jodi Gunning wrote that thanks to local and statewide support, the governing board approved historic teacher and staff pay increases that directly influenced Litchfield’s impressive teacher retention rate of 82 percent.
New report finds Arizona in a voter crisis KJZZ's The Show was joined by David Daugherty, a senior research fellow at Morrison Institute for Public Policy, and Tom Collins, executive director at the Citizen's Clean Elections Commission to talk about the findings of a new report called “Arizona’s Voter Crisis.”
Too many Arizonans elect not to vote NBC 12News Phoenix political reporter Brahm Resnik verified Arizona's voter turnout is one of the lowest in the country. A new report by Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy labels this a voter crisis as too many people elect not to vote.