matt bernius Profile picture
Former @MforJ & @codeForAmerica. Follow 4 salty civic design, UX, Rochester & geek takes. Opinions mine alone; RTs & likes ≠ endorsement. He/They.
Jul 19 9 tweets 2 min read
@Garrett_Archer Controversial 🔥take:
"One [Illegal voter registration] is *ABSOLUTELY not too many.*"

I get the conceptual reason why folks say that. And it just doesn't make good sense as a working principle for policy design & implementation.

The SAVE Act is a perfect example of why...

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@Garrett_Archer Every step to reduce up-front registration fraud must be balanced against a real-world assessment of how many eligible people it will prevent from accessing the service.

It comes down to administrative burdens (the hoops needed to jump through & who must jump through them).

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Mar 14, 2022 13 tweets 5 min read
Setbacks happen to all of us. And things can get better. (A 🧵)

Last Thursday, I moderated a panel on #traumainformed #researchmethods featuring @aditisjoshi, @albanvillamil, and @rdietkus at @RosenfeldMedia's Advancing Research (#AR2022) conference.

[1/12] aditi joshi, Alba Villamil, Rachael Dietkus, and Matt Berniu Together we collaboratively explored a critical topic in front of a virtual audience of hundreds of researchers and research leaders. As someone passionate about the need for all of us to embrace trauma-informed approaches, this was a highlight of my career.

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Oct 25, 2020 21 tweets 11 min read
Whose making french onion soup on this fine fall day?

This guy is! Onion slicing progress bad is at about 45%... Need to do more coping and less tweeting.

(Mise en place soundtrack Say Hi @ericelbogen mix)
Oct 25, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
The line this morning to vote in Penfield. Send like it is moving fast. I just got here. 10ish minutes later and I am almost at the door. Harris Waken Park lodge seems like a good option for folks looking to vote quickly (provided you bundle up).