On March 7, 1965, civil rights protestors were attacked and beaten as they peacefully marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Public outcry at the images broadcast across the nation hastened passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act, which aimed to ban racial discrimination in voting. On March 7, 2021—the 56th anniversary of the Selma march—President Biden si ...
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Preparing for the 2020 Election
On Tuesday, January 14, Fors Marsh Group’s (FMG) election experts will participate in the United States Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) 2020 Election Summit. The summit gathers the nation’s election community for lively discussion on key issues such as ensuring accessibility for voters with disabilities and securing the process against outside threats. As trusted adviso ...
How Working Across Teams Can Improve Client Outcomes
Involving multiple teams on projects is a great way to obtain diverse perspectives and combine expertise for a successful research outcome. At Fors Marsh Group, we have the opportunity to incorporate researchers from different divisions onto project teams in order to better serve our clients. While this approach is not necessary for all of our projects, it can provide a client ...
Three Changes to the Landscape of U.S. Military and Overseas Voting—2012 versus 2016
Imagine you are a young sailor in the U.S. Navy, and you’re deployed out on a ship for several months. Others on your ship have been talking about an important presidential election that’s coming up, but you’re worried that you won’t be able to vote because you won’t be home before Election Day. How are you going to cast a vote from the middle of the ocean? And are there resour ...
To Really Address Fraud Claims, Conduct Comprehensive Election Audits
Recently, President Donald Trump said that Vice President Mike Pence will head up a commission to investigate voting irregularities and possible fraud, especially related to voter registration. Examining elections to identify fraud requires in-depth election audits—a methodological examination of the processes and procedures that states and localities use to manage their electi ...
Importance of Career Development In Organizational Success
In celebration of National Career Development Association’s National Career Development Day, we wanted to mark the occasion with a blog post dedicated to the importance of career development and remind organizations to invest in more structured career development platforms for their employees. According to a study conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012), individua ...