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@MattVas

writes for Stateline, completed the Pacific Crest Trail, Chicago native, bylines: , mvasilogambros@pewtrusts.org

Washington, DC
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Joined April 2009
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  1. 18 hours ago

    if you're curious what will do for the states...

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  2. Sep 4

    Voting Rights Act protections probably would have stopped this, but those provisions were gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013

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  3. Sep 4

    as I wrote for today, this is part of a broader trend nationally to close polling places and suppress voter turnout among key demographic groups, especially African Americans

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  4. Sep 4

    !!! Georgia county election officials have closed 214 precincts across the state since 2012

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  5. Sep 4

    it’s not just the number of polling places that affect voter outcomes. moving voters to different voting environments also may affect how they vote

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    Sep 4

    Nearly 1,000 polling places have been closed since the Supreme Court struck down key parts of the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Many were in Southern black communities. via

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  7. Aug 30

    I wonder how long e-bikes last in the District

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  8. Aug 30

    “Did you send me these emojis? Never send me emojis again.” — to a now-cowering me

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  9. Aug 30

    Lazy Susan? I think it’s more of a Sharing Susan. Or an Efficient Susan. Lazy Susan feels sexist.

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  10. Aug 29

    Not sure how a receptionist screwed my name up three times in three sentences, but here we are. "Uh huh, Matt. OK, Thad, I'll be sure he gets back to you. OK, Pat?"

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  11. Aug 29

    this time last year I hiked 10 miles before 10 a.m. every day without a drop of coffee. now I can't respond to two work emails before 10 a.m. without three cups.

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  12. Aug 28

    the bus driver couldn't understand the raccoon screeching, "BACK DOOR!"

    Bus raccoon has got things to do and places to be, thanks.
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  13. Aug 28

    having reported extensively on the Latino community in Iowa, that's 100 percent accurate

    Mollie Tibbetts' father praises Iowa Latinos as the GOP uses her death to call for harsher immigration laws: "The Hispanic community are Iowans. They have the same values as Iowans. As far as I'm concerned, they're Iowans with better food."
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  14. Aug 28

    jeez. the opioid epidemic likely is contributing to the increase in organs available for transplants

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  15. Aug 28

    I love election night newsrooms

    ✔️ote 😴 nap 🍕pizza ✏️🗒results Who’s with me?
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    Aug 28

    1/ A toddler from Guatemala died six weeks after leaving an ICE family detention center in Texas. She had not yet turned two.

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  17. Aug 27

    free advice: don't piss off your copy editor

    The tension between and is palpable.
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  18. Aug 27

    huh, wow: the number of new international students declined by 3% in 2016-17, and preliminary figures for 2017-18 suggest a 7% decline

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    Aug 23

    This Stateline story from reads like a horror novel: City works to replace lead pipes. But the lead levels don't fall. They spike. via

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  20. Aug 26

    I’m not Matt Vasgersian

    is the game getting in the way of your conversation? Shares, whi cares?
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