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Three people talking
Democracy+Politics
Opposing perspectives on voting rights spark lively debate
Published Feb 9, 2023 Video
SNF Agora's first marquee debate, featuring Karl Rove and Symone D. Sanders, closed out the 2023 Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival
Louise Flavahan
Politics+Society
Students to take center stage in debate initiative
Published Jan 31, 2023
Debate director Louise Flavahan aims to turn tension into dialogue, starting with a discussion about voting rights Feb. 8 featuring Karl Rove and Symone Sanders-Townsend
An illustration of blue and red hands putting ballots in a box
Hopkins Votes
How to prepare for Election Day
Published Nov 4, 2022
The Hub provides a resource for voters to ensure they are ready to vote in the midterm elections on November 8
STEMulate the Vote
Election 2020
Getting out the STEM vote
Published Oct 19, 2020 Video
STEM majors are less likely than their academic peers to vote in presidential elections. The Johns Hopkins Science Policy Group is looking to change that.
Congress
Information Security
Hopkins expert to address potential threats to remote voting
Published July 17, 2020 Video
Avi Rubin, of the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, will provide security recommendations and feasibility analysis for lawmakers considering voting remotely due to COVID-19
Illustration of an angel and a devil made of icons: a donkey, an elephant, and a dialog box
Rules of political engagement
Published Summer 2020
Drawing from interviews with political consultants and reps from social media platforms, JHU political scientist Adam Sheingate develops ethical framework for politics in the digital age / Johns Hopkins Magazine
People stand in line to vote
Q+A
COVID-19 and the 2020 election
Published April 16, 2020
Dan Honig, assistant professor at SAIS, says anxiety related to the coronavirus pandemic has the potential to dampen participation and could encourage a 'flight to safety' for voters
Interactive Voting Booth on Hopkins Campus
#HopkinsVotes
Big jump in student voter turnout
Published Nov 14, 2019
The voting rate among students was 44.8% in 2018, up from 14.4% for the 2014 midterms
Voting booth on Decker Quad
#Hopkinsvotes
Democracy on Decker Quad
Published Oct 17, 2018
Interactive voting booth is part of Center for Social Concern's efforts to raise awareness, get out the vote for midterms
A message from President Daniels
Published Fall 2018
"At a moment when democracy again must be born anew, it is more important than ever that we all use the vital skills and tools that sustain democracy," writes Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels / Johns Hopkins Magazine