"Getting Asian Americans empowered to vote involves three steps—increase naturalization rates, get more people registered to vote, and increase the turn-out among those registered to vote," Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Public Policy at the University of California-Riverside, told NBC News, "Increasing registration is arguably the largest step. [Oregon's new law] is impressive and it will be interesting to see how other states follow suit."Oregon Law Could Mobilize 20,000 New AAPI Voters - NBC News.com
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Oregon Law Could Mobilize 20,000 New AAPI Voters - NBC News.com
My article for NBC News Asian America re Oregon's new "Motor Voter" law:
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