Voting Matters Blog

Denying Racial Voter Discrimination in the Trump Era

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Attorney General Sessions' supporters claim voter protection laws are unnecessary, though recent cases against voter suppression laws prove otherwise.

"Motor Voter" is for Online Users, Too

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A U.S. District Court in Texas finds that the NVRA applies, whether DMV clients go in-person or on the internet.

Legislative Threats and Opportunities Update

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Now that the political climate has changed—and aided by weakened voting protections—states are taking it upon themselves to investigate and pass laws that prevent "voter fraud."

Trump Administration Must Respond to Rise in Hate Crimes

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Project Vote joins 156 of our colleagues in calling on the executive branch to address the troubling surge in incidents.

Voter Fraud: The Research and Findings

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Countless studies and investigations have debunked the myth of widespread "voter fraud." Project Vote's Jennifer Jacquot-DeVries reviews the findings.

Advocacy

Project Vote Testifies Against Call for Potentially Illegal Voter Purge
By Project Vote April 24, 2017

A “conservative legal watchdog group” has targeted Maryland’s largest county in its latest effort to force election officials to purge... Read more

Staff Posts

Matt Masterson is 50 Percent Correct
By Michael Slater April 14, 2017

The EAC chair is right: There is very little voter fraud in America, but he’s far off base in claiming that evidence of voter suppression is “virtually non-existent.” Read more

In the States

The Responsible Way to Increase Voter Access: Same Day Registration
By Brian McWalters April 13, 2017

Same day registration is known to boost voter turnout and keep voter rolls clean. Why aren't more states passing and implementing SDR laws? Read more

Blog Filters

Shelby County and the Power of the SCOTUS Swing Vote

By Emily Hoyle June 25, 2015

Two years ago today, the Supreme Court delivered a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County... Read more

Project Vote Urges Lawmakers to Support New Voting Rights Bill

By Erin Ferns Lee June 24, 2015

Project Vote submitted a letter today to urge members of Congress to support the Voting Rights Advancement Act Read more

The View from the Bridge

By Estelle Rogers March 9, 2015

Wonderful as the idea of a 50th anniversary weekend commemorating Bloody Sunday seemed, the risk was that it would only be a look backward. Connections needed to be made with what is going on now... Read more

Why Selma Matters Today

By Keir Lamont March 8, 2015

On March 7 1965, over 500 civil rights activists led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams embarked on a march... Read more

Shelby and Selma

By Estelle Rogers February 26, 2015

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The Right to Vote Needs Defenders in High Places

By Estelle Rogers January 8, 2015

What does the secretary of state do, exactly? No, not John Kerry: the secretaries of state of the STATES. Well,... Read more

Project Vote Testimony on State of Civil Rights

By Estelle Rogers December 9, 2014

Project Vote submitted testimony today on “The State of Civil and Human Rights in the United States”  for a hearing held... Read more

Time for Bipartisanship on Voting Rights

By Estelle Rogers November 13, 2014

When the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals last week rejected the claims of Arizona and Kansas that their states’ voter... Read more

Courts Block Restrictive Voting Laws Before Election Day, Showing Need for Broad Voting Protections

By Erin Ferns Lee October 10, 2014

Hang on to your hats, voters. With less than four weeks left before the general election, new voting restrictions were... Read more

What Kind of Year Has It Been for Election Laws?

By Project Vote October 6, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC — With Americans heading to the polls in just four weeks, a new report from voting rights group... Read more