Staff member Cornell Lewis (at right) brought his absentee ballot to the Quad last week to have it notarized ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

Staff member Cornell Lewis (at right) brought his absentee ballot to the Quad last week to have it notarized ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Staff member Cornell Lewis (at right) brought his absentee ballot to the Quad last week to have it notarized ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Staff member Cornell Lewis (at right) brought his absentee ballot to the Quad last week to have it notarized ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Grossman and his research collaborators found motivated reasoning as one of the root causes of why invitees so often respond to invitations with ‘maybe’ instead of a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no.’