Jacob Gersen & Christopher R. Berry, "Voters, Non-voters, and the Implications of Election Timing for Public Policy" (John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Working Paper No. 536, 2010).
In that time, which includes all of August and Labor Day weekend, the Charter Revision Commission said, it would hold public meetings in all five boroughs and study the implications of nonpartisan elections for voter turnout, campaign finance, the city's old voting machines and the federal Voting Rights Act.
Democrats have launched an effort to reach out to people who signed the petitions to ask them if they understand the implications of recall elections and if that kind of electoral upset is what they really want.
"It has all kinds of implications for elections," says Frey. "People running for office in these places have to appeal to a whole new section of people".
"It has all kinds of implications for elections," says Frey. "People running for office in these places have to appeal to a whole new section of people". Local governments might be expected to benefit from newcomers and the increased tax revenue they promise, but the dwindling real estate values in most of these towns has bumped down assessments.
With the implications of this election on women's rights, health care, the national debt and illegal immigration, this election could be seen as a fork in the road with each street leading to two drastically different Americas.
Clad in light-blue button-down shirts and exuding a preteen earnestness, the boys on Wednesday clearly grasped the personal implications of the election outcome.
[Inside, on Page C8, an industry-by-industry look at some significant business implications of the election.] MILITARY Military contractors worry that the budget deficit and the costs of the Iraq war may take a toll on new weapons programs.
