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When Ballots Are Blank: Write-In’S Serving Local Government And The Implications For A Healthy And Vibrant Democracy, Thomas J. Ruter
When Ballots Are Blank: Write-In’S Serving Local Government And The Implications For A Healthy And Vibrant Democracy, Thomas J. Ruter
School of Business Student Theses and Dissertations
Our democracy depends on having a supply of candidates running for elected office, but in some instances, no one wants to run. This phenomenological study asks what the effects on a healthy and vibrant democracy are if ballots are blank and the seat is filled through write-in or appointment. Rooted in democratic theory, this study explores small, rural city elections where write-ins won election. Understudied, local governments are responsible for decisions affecting the lives of millions of people each day. Workforce scarcity, the alienation of young Americans from politics, government bashing, nasty campaigns, threats of physical harm, and other barriers …
Pandemic Governance, Yanbai Andrea Wang, Justin Weinstein-Tull
Pandemic Governance, Yanbai Andrea Wang, Justin Weinstein-Tull
All Faculty Scholarship
The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented need for governance by a multiplicity of authorities. The nature of the pandemic—globally communicable, uncontrolled, and initially mysterious—required a coordinated response to a common problem. But the pandemic was superimposed atop our decentralized domestic and international governance structures, and the result was devastating: the United States has a death rate that is eighteenth highest in the world, and the pandemic has had dramatically unequal impacts across the country. COVID-19’s effects have been particularly destructive for communities of color, women, and intersectional populations.
This Article finds order in the chaos of the pandemic response by …
Watch The Process, Chester Smolski
Watch The Process, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"The reason for the 1990 census is now at hand: The Reapportionment Commission is in place, and the process has just begun. The redrawing of local state and congressional boundary lines that define districts by populations to be represented at these three levels of government is upon us, and bears close watching."
Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee
Charge Of Chief Justice Durfee, Job Durfee
Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion
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To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman
To The Members Of The General Assembly Of Rhode Island, John Pitman
Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion
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Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther
Address On The Right Of Suffrage, Seth Luther
Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion
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Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard
Extension Of Suffrage, B. Hazard
Pamphlets: Contemporary Assessments of the Dorr Rebellion
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