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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

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

North Carolina Governor Signs Voter Suppression Law

By Erin Ferns Lee August 12, 2013

Today, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed one of the nation’s most sweeping voter suppression laws. Read more

Project Vote Statement on North Carolina Voter Suppression Bill

By Project Vote July 23, 2013

Today, the Rules Committee of the North Carolina Senate is considering a new version of HB 589, an omnibus election... Read more

Voter Suppression Bill to Be Heard in N.C. Senate

By Erin Ferns Lee July 23, 2013

Today, an exhaustingly restrictive election bill is being debated by the North Carolina Senate Rules Committee. Initially a strict voter... Read more

State Lawmakers Propose to Start Engaging Voters in High School

By Corey Peterson February 21, 2013

Voter preregistration programs that allow citizens as young as the age of 16 to preregister to vote provide a great... Read more

Younger Teens Can Register to Vote in Some States Too

By Erin Ferns Lee August 31, 2011

The 2012 election season is already beginning to heat up and with that, we can expect more citizens to register to... Read more

Three States Propose Laws to Improve Youth Voter Registration Access

By PV Admin February 3, 2011

In recent years, six states have adopted measures to help ingrain the democratic process in the nation’s young people earlier... Read more

New Law Makes Voter Registration Accessible to Delaware Teens

By Erin Ferns Lee September 9, 2010

Tens of thousands of Delaware teens will soon be able to register to vote when applying for their first driver’s... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee July 20, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

Election Legislation Monthly Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee July 16, 2010

Project Vote monitors election legislation in all 50 states and Congress. If you would like to follow election legislation activity,... Read more