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Department:

School of Public Affairs

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

Conduct research assistance under faculty supervision on U.S. elections, direct democracy, voting administration, and voter turnout. Collect and clean archival data from websites, communicate with state and local public officials. Expected 5 hours per week.



Essential Functions:

• Conduct original data collection from archival web sources and state legislative websites.