This article was co-written by Miroslav Bergam, Lucy Ding, Erin Guetzloe, Kodi Obika, Dominic Skinnion, Yao Yu, and Amy Zhou. Introduction With election night quickly approaching and the threat of COVID-19 presenting a compelling case for facilitating mail-in voting and allowing for delayed results, many are looking to polling data and election forecasts as a means of … Read more
As Californians return their mail-in ballots, some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies have bombarded voters’ social media accounts, text messages and TV stations with a simple message: vote “yes” on Proposition 22. The ballot initiative, written by a consortium of app-based companies, has ignited a nationwide debate on the future of work. If passed, … Read more
On August 12, 2020, the Minnesota Legislature convened in a special session to vote on whether to extend the state of emergency declared by Gov. Tim Walz in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minnesota House of Representatives, controlled by Walz’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (Minnesota’s Democratic affiliate party), rejected a resolution ending the emergency, while the … Read more