Convenience plays as important a role in voter participation as political passion or apathy, according to an analysis of recent state elections published Friday by the ACLU of Kansas. The report, based on surveys of election officials and voting trends across the state, claims local officials have such varied policies that it influenced turnout in the 2016 and 2018 general elections. "In far too many ways, the health of our democracy — and the extent to which an individual citizen's vote counts — is based on the county in which one lives," the report said...
