'If automatic registration can make the voter rolls more accurate and make the system of enrollment and registration more efficient and user-friendly,' argued one observer, 'that could make voters less susceptible to that sort of demagoguery.'
by the Public Policy Institute of California showing that early state adopters of AVR have seen significant boosts to registration and higher voter turnout.
Shapiro's announcement as a step that "will undoubtedly help to close the voter registration gap, especially in communities of color where the gap is most pronounced." An estimated 8.7 million Pennsylvanians were registered to vote last year but more than 10.3 million were eligible to register, a gap that Shapiro said automatic voter registration could help to fill by removing unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles.
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