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# of Registered Voters Who Did Not Vote in Millions

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14M

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56M

70M

1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

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29M

53M

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57M

24M

54M

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36M

Millions of Registered Voters Don’t Vote

Source: United States Election Project (http://www.electproject.org/)

Voter turnout in 2014 was

the lowest in 72 years. !

!(only 36%)

Pew Research Center

70% of non-voters in 2014 stated that they didn’t vote because they didn’t have time to get to the polls

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Vote-By-Mail and Smartphones: A Match Made in Democracy Heaven

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