Huffington Post: Sitting in a Starbucks on Route 1 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, I wondered why I didn't vote by mail -- a recent innovation in New Jersey that allows citizens to vote absentee without an excuse. Without power, cable or Internet access, how would I and millions of voters in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and other affected states actually vote on Tuesday? This just reinforced my conviction that voting needs to become more accessible and more convenient, a major goal of Carnegie Corporation's U.S. Democracy Program and our grantees and partners around the country.
Read "Voting Shouldn't Be So Hard!" by Carnegie Corporation's Geri Mannion in the Huffington Post
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