Michael Herndon (@michaelherndon.bsky.social) studies the intersection of election administration, political psychology, and racial politics. His dissertation represents the first attempt to explain why the ballots of non-White voters are rejected at higher rates than White voters.

My research on ballot rejection has just been published and is open access at PRQ! In it, my co-authors Kassra Oskooii + Michael Rios and I use two different studies to argue that bureaucratic bias plays a role in VBM ballot rejection. Check it out!

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In our new #JREP #OpenAccess article, we show that racial attitudes are linked to perceptions of voter fraud and support for the #J6 Insurrection (w/ @cnicolejones.bsky.social @mattbarreto.bsky.social @michaelherndon.bsky.social) Summary: vrp.ucla.edu/vrp-article-... #polisci #politics #insurrection

If the SAVE Act became law, it would be “the worst voting bill ever passed by Congress,” @mawaldman.bsky.social says. “The role of the federal government, the role of Congress has been throughout the country’s history to expand voting rights, often over the objections of recalcitrant states.”

My first peer-reviewed article was just published at JREP!

In it, we argue that pro-White and anti-minority attitudes (White Racial Antipathy) is crucial to public support for J6. As we embark on a 2nd Trump term, lessons from this paper will help us understand public support of the MAGA movement.

#OpenAccess from Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics -

Catalysts of Insurrection: How White Racial Antipathy Influenced Beliefs of Voter Fraud and Support for the January 6th Insurrection - cup.org/3XDn5fN

- @realtyerush.bsky.social, Jones, Herndon & @mattbarreto.bsky.social

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