Curtis Gans, a liberal activist, journalist and recognized expert on voter turnout in the United States, has died. …
Gans went on to found the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, which provided data and analysis of voter turnout.
Born in New York City, Gans became active in the civil rights movement while at the University of North Carolina, where he edited the student newspaper. In 1960, he participated in the Greensboro sit-ins, which led the Woolworth department store to end its segregationist policies. CONT.
Ben Nuckols, AP