Summary
Why many college students' ballots are getting tossed — and what could be done about it.
In this episode of Ways & Means – as we head into the 2024 elections – why lots of North Carolina college students’ votes did not count in the last election, or the time before that, or the time before that. Why those votes weren’t counted, and how to prevent it from happening again.
Guests
- Gunther Peck, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy Studies, Duke University
- Duke Student Research Team Members: Ameya Rao, Hannah McKnight, Kathryn Thomas
- Tiffany Crawford, Master of Public Administration student at North Carolina Central University
Resources
- Read the transcript
- Read an article about the research in this episode
- Review the research: Provisional Rights and Provisional Ballots in a Swing State: Understanding How and Why North Carolina College Students Lots Their Right to Vote, 2008-Present (Rutgers University Law Review)
- Subscribe to Ways & Means
Thank you
- Chris Paul, Associate Professor and Director, MPA Program, North Carolina Central University
Season 9 of Ways & Means is in honor of Duke University’s Centennial: recognizing Duke’s extraordinary past, communicating the impact of the present and looking toward the potential of Duke’s future.