Automatic Voter Registration: The Dream For Blue States In The Trump Era

A voter fills out paper to participate in Washington State Democratic Caucuses at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Seattle on March 26, 2016. / AFP / Jason Redmond (Photo credit should read JASON REDM... A voter fills out paper to participate in Washington State Democratic Caucuses at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Seattle on March 26, 2016. / AFP / Jason Redmond (Photo credit should read JASON REDMOND/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

April 6, 2018 6:01 a.m.

The handful of states under Democratic control in the Trump era are going all-in. As I reported today, in the bluest states, legislators are pushing big-ticket progressive legislation with a clear focus: increasing access to the ballot. Democrats, after all,...

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