Month: March 2011

Washington Post Looks at “GOP’s Voter ID Gambit”

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In today’s Washington Post, Aaron Blake looks at the GOP-driven move in many states to implement stringent voter ID requirements, ... Read more

Project Vote Opposes Unnecessary, Costly Voter ID Bill in Penn.

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A bill requiring voters to present government-issued, photo voter ID is being heard in a Pennsylvania House Committee today and Project Vote... Read more

DOJ Enforces the NVRA Against Rhode Island

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Today the Department of Justice announced that a settlement has been reached in the first suit brought under the Obama... Read more

Voter Registration Access Under Attack in Texas

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*Editor’s note: Details about the criminal provisions under HB 239 were corrected on March 21. Violations result in a Class... Read more

Public to Weigh in on North Carolina Voter ID Bill

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Today, North Carolinians will be able to weigh in on the much anticipated voter ID bill in the House Elections... Read more

Project Vote Board Member Writes on Historical Strategy to Attack Labor Rights

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Project Vote board member, Rutgers professor of law, and guest columnist at the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Frank Askin wrote on... Read more

N.H. Republicans Don’t Think Young People Should Vote

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Young people “lack life experience,” are “foolish,” vote “as a liberal,” and “just vote their feelings,” apparently, all reasons to... Read more

Florida Attempts to Restrict Voting Rights

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According to the ACLU, about one million Floridians are barred from voting because of felony convictions. But Florida Attorney General... Read more

Voter ID Bill to be Heard in Missouri House Committee Tuesday

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Today, Project Vote submitted testimony to House Elections Committee members in opposition to Missouri’s latest restrict photo voter ID bill.... Read more

Paperless Registration Could Fix Maryland’s ‘Broken’ System

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In a recent Baltimore Sun opinion piece, former chief of the Justice Department’s Voting Section, John Tanner offers a solution to... Read more