Cross-posted at Rhode Island’s Future.
One objection that’s sometimes raised about youth voter pre-registration in Rhode Island’s General Assembly is that young voters are apathetic, and they won’t take advantage of pre-registration even if we implement it.
Since pre-registration would cost next to nothing, I’ve never understood what the point of this argument is. Especially since the [...]

Kate Brown proved less isn’t more. Brown outspent, garnered more endorsements from the state’s newspapers and organizations – and yesterday got more votes.
Last night, Brown was declared the Democratic Secretary of State candidate, winning against Senators Rick Metsger, Vicki Walker and Voting Advocate Paul Damian Wells with 51 percent of the vote.
Brown, who will run [...]