Highlights lessons for academics and activists! Shout out to #ArielWhite #AllisonHarris #NaomiSugie #GrassrootsLeadership #MNJusticeResearchCenter Read the report here: https://t.co/Y4hgvcuT1z

Check out this new brief w/ @SentencingProj on how to get people w/ convictions who can vote out to the polls! W/ #BobLibal #NicolePorter #RobStewart Summarizes existing and emerging research that partners w/ community orgs already doing the work!

Made possible by support from #ArnoldVentures @PublicAgenda & @ISPSYale The #ExpandingEngagementLab is stoked to build on this to learn how engage other chronic non-voters! https://t.co/AIKp9NSTpx 9/9

This work was completed in partnership with #GrassrootsLeadership who were integral to making the project happen and who carry on the work -- to that end, the public facing report sets out lessons learned for both academics and organizers 8/9

But mailers are expensive & impractical & are we even reaching the pop of interest? What if we go straight to justice impacted people themselves? YES: An on-the-ground relational organizing experiment is encouraging (but v challenging to study, see the paper for details) 7/9

Can we find the active social ties, send them a mailer asking them to register their loved one, and would they do it? YES! Even people who are not already active organizers can be prompted to get their loved ones to register: 6/9

Would mobilization by loved ones even work if the person in question doesn't value voting? YES! Qualitative evidence suggests that social ties have lots of tools available to them to engage even skeptical voters 5/9

Are there even any such ties? YES! Mapping relationships across admin records suggests many system impacted people are connected to others who are active voters... 4/9

So we thought, let's see if we can find them, contact them, enlist their help in mobilizing their people, and test how well it works! But would it even work? System impacted people are often surrounded by other non-voters who have high skepticism of the state... 3/9

We ask: How can system impacted people be (re)incorporated into electoral politics? We argue: The politically active loved ones of system impacted people are powerful mobilizers in their communities! 2/9

📢 WORKING PAPER ALERT 📢 "Bridges to the Ballot: How Loved Ones Can Mobilize Voters with Criminal Records" w/ #ArielWhite #AllisonHarris & #TylerLudwig https://t.co/Gw1vl2YgPO... 1/9

What is the effect of primary election system reform on legislatures? At #EPSA @uc3m in Madrid, @alcocerjj_ and I theorize and show election reforms increase ideological diversity in legislatures, with findings strongest among Democrats. #EPSA2025

6/6 Still lots left to learn -- check out our ongoing work at the Expanding Engagement Lab, where we use social science research to improve participation among marginalized groups in American politics! https://t.co/AIKp9NSTpx

5/6 Against a more traditional informational mailer. Our trusted messenger approach increased new and updated registrations by 45% relative to the uncontacted control group, an effect which is statistically distinguishable from an impersonal approach

4/6 We tested a trusted-messenger approach w/ a letter written by a formerly incarcerated person sharing their story and encouraging people to vote

3/6 We worked w/ #NJISJ to test effective ways of making newly enfranchised people aware of their rights. We combine ethnographic work with organizers w/ a field test of the strategies and tactics they viewed as successful

2/6 NJ restored rights to people w/ felony convictions serving time on probation and parole in 2019, following #NJISJs #1844NoMore campaign

Super excited this is out in @PolBehavior w/ #ArielWhite #MelissaMichelson #SamRoth & #NewJerseyInstitue4SocialJustice "Getting out the (newly enfranchised) vote: Encouraging Voter Registration After Rights Restoration" 1/6 https://t.co/mEURkMQwBq

I’m thrilled to announce that, after ten years of research, my book on the birth of democracy in South America is finally out! I'm especially excited to be publishing it #openaccess, which means you can download a PDF for free at: https://t.co/4S4uXmYWmx

Does racial diversity in colleges courses improve academic outcomes? Yup.