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  • Voting by Mail Would Reduce Coronavirus Transmission but It Has Other Risks

    Jessica Huseman

    March 24, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States

    As the COVID19 pandemic continues, officials are looking ahead to the United States’ presidential election in November and considering mail-in ballots. While it is a limited-contact way of voting, it presents massive challenges in terms of scaling. Things like infrastructure, cost, and voter privacy and fraud have to be considered, which is why states are turning to those who have had some success already, like Minnesota and Montana, to learn from.

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  • The Way America Votes Is Broken. In One Rural County, a Nonprofit Showed a Way Forward.

    Jessica Huseman

    November 12, 2019 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Ackerman, Mississippi

    In Mississippi, a recent election went off without a hitch thanks to new voting machines built by nonprofit VotingWorks. The machines, which were not approved by federal or state regulators, were easy to use, set up, and take down, and improved security of votes.

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  • Most School Districts Struggle to Help Refugees Adapt. How Did Anchorage Figure It Out?

    Jessica Huseman Aymann Ismail

    June 05, 2016 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Anchorage schools employ a hybrid approach to integrating refugees—neither cordoning them off fully from the school at large, nor dropping them fully into the general student population. The city's Newcomers' Center plays an integral role in giving refugees a sense of community.

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