In the third installment of our 2019 undergraduate “Democratic Erosion” miniseries, Emilie Larsen examines how the exact-match policy used in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race to determine voter eligibility could undermine democratic institutions. Won by Republican Brian Kemp, this election has been mired by accusations of voter suppression, with the exact-match policy at the center, which some advocacy groups claimed undermined turnout in minority and predominantly Democratic areas. Larsen argues the use of the exact-match policy is a form of “stealth authoritarianism” that targets specific parts of electorate for disenfranchisement.
Emilie Nyholm Frydenlund Larsen
Emilie Nyholm Frydenlund Larsen is a master’s student of political science at the University of Copenhagen, where she is currently specializing in political behavior and advanced quantitative methods. She holds a BA in political science from the University of Copenhagen as well. In 2019, Emilie spent the spring semester studying at Boston University, focusing on comparative politics as well as public opinion formation.