Month: October 2012

Project Vote Urges Attorney General Abbott to Protect the Rights of Texas Voters

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Statement from Michael Slater on Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Monitors in Texas and Attorney General Abbott’s response:... Read more

Early Voting Hours Stay in Five Florida Counties; Go Strong in Other States

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Early voting has proven popular in recent elections and as a result, lawmakers have attempted to reduce its power at... Read more

Fla. Assures Court that No Eligible Voter Will Be Purged Before Election

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Washington, DC – Concerned that the state of Florida’s program to remove alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls could wrongfully... Read more

Fight Over Election Laws Continues in States and U.S. Congress

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Today, Project Vote releases a new report, Election Legislation 2012: Threats and Opportunities Assessment Update. Throughout 2012, Project Vote has tracked election-related... Read more

Ohio Voter Fraud Billboards Targeting Black Voters Will Stay, Says Clear Channel

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UPDATE on Oct. 21, 2012: Clear Channel Outdoor has agreed to remove the offending billboards. Read more. Clear Channel was... Read more

Group Sues to Stop Discriminatory Voter Purge Effort in Harris County, Texas

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Today, LULAC filed suit against Harris County in Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas for wrongly rejecting... Read more

Citizens Fight Back to Defend Voting Rights

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Voting rights is the latest subject to be examined in the magazine Human Rights, a publication of the American Bar... Read more

A Call to Arms – For All of Us

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By now you may have seen the following “call to arms,” which was published this week as an advertisement in... Read more

Are You Ready to Vote?

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Election Day is just over a month away and several states will begin closing registration in the coming weeks, starting... Read more

Pennsylvania Puts Voter Suppression Law on Hold

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Pennsylvania’s controversial voter ID requirement was blocked Tuesday by the same judge who initially upheld the law this summer. This... Read more