Scot Schraufnagel

Researchers rank states by voting ease after spate of new election laws
DeKalb, IL – After a flurry of new election laws nationwide over the past two years, a new study identifies the U.S. states that are easing...
UPDATE: After publication, data input errors were discovered in the 2020 Cost of Voting Index (COVI), affecting the state rankings. The corrected COVI values (and...
NIU political scientist Scot Schraufnagel says politics today, from the national stage to grassroots government, is in a state of hyper-conflict. Intense debate over policy...
DeKalb, Ill. — Why do we vote on a Tuesday in November? You might be surprised by the answer—unless you were born in the 19th...
UPDATE: After publication, data input errors were discovered in the 2016 Cost of Voting Index (COVI), affecting the state rankings. The corrected COVI values (and...
On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that political spending is a form of protected speech. Five years later, NIU political science professor...