{"id":1070,"date":"2014-01-23T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T22:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/publicreligion.org\/?p=17234"},"modified":"2014-01-23T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T22:48:24","slug":"will-shorter-lines-boost-voter-turnout-at-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publicreligion\/2014\/01\/will-shorter-lines-boost-voter-turnout-at-the-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Shorter Lines Boost Voter Turnout at the Polls?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration has released a report encouraging jurisdictions across the country to cut down on long lines at polls on Election Day 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