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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

Project Vote Calls on Ohio Governor to Veto Harmful Election Bills

By Michael McDunnah February 21, 2014

Today, Project Vote sent a letter to Ohio Governor John Kasich, calling on him to veto SB 205 and SB... Read more

True the Vote Allegations Prove Untrue in Pasco Co., FL

By Michelle Kanter Cohen September 13, 2013

Recently, the Tea-Party affiliated group True the Vote announced that they had identified a number of  voters who had “double-voted,”... Read more

Project Vote Board Member Discusses Ariz. Campaign Finance Case

By PV Admin July 1, 2011

In today’s Star-Ledger (NJ), Project Vote board member Frank Askin, Distinguished Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Constitutional... Read more

Project Vote and ACLU Sue to Block Suppressive Florida Bill

By PV Admin June 3, 2011

Today Project Vote is pleased to join the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLUFL) in filing a lawsuit in... Read more

Texas Gov. Signs Voter ID into Law

By Michael McDunnah May 27, 2011

This morning, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed SB 14, which will institute strict photo-ID requirements for anyone wishing to vote... Read more

Wisconsin Governor Signs Voter ID Law

By Project Vote May 25, 2011

Today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed into law a Republican-sponsored bill that requires voters to show photo ID at the... Read more

Florida’s New Law a Major Step Backwards for Voting Rights

By Estelle Rogers May 25, 2011

Last week, Governor Rick Scott of Florida signed a bill (HB 1355/S 2086) that will make it next to impossible... Read more

FoxNews Cites Project Vote Study to Discuss Importance of the Senior Vote

By PV Admin May 23, 2011

On Friday, in an editorial on FoxNews.com, Democratic pollster and strategist Douglas E. Schoen discussed the decisive role voters over... Read more

RI Senate Passes Voter ID

By PV Admin May 13, 2011

The Rhode Island senate has passed a bill that would require all voters to show photo ID at the polls,... Read more

American Prospect: Voting Rights Experts Assess Wis. Election Bill

By PV Admin May 4, 2011

In his article on The American Prospect’s website today, Alexander Zaitchik quotes Project Vote Research Director Lorraine Minnite and other... Read more