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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

Voter Empowerment Act would Improve Elections for Both Voters and Officials

By Project Vote March 19, 2015

Today, the Voter Empowerment Act (VEA) was introduced in the House of Representatives. Estelle Rogers, legislative director for Project Vote,... Read more

Democracy Restoration Act Would Give Voting Rights Back to Millions in Federal Elections

By Erin Ferns Lee March 18, 2015

Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and several others introduced the Democracy Restoration Act to “restore voting rights in federal elections... Read more

Highlights of 2014

By Project Vote January 7, 2015

Now that 2014 has come to a close, we’re looking back at what an eventful year it was! From our... 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

New Report on Restoring Voting Rights for Former Felons

By Michael Slater March 10, 2014

Today, Project Vote is pleased to release the latest policy paper in our Issues in Election Administration series, Restoring Voting... Read more

Put Felon Disenfranchisement on the Front Burner

By Estelle Rogers February 13, 2014

They tell us that there are no coincidences in life, and similarly, there are no coincidences in politics. On Tuesday,... Read more

The Invisible Barrier to Voting

By Erin Ferns Lee November 7, 2013

Tuesday, more than 350,000 Virginians (about 7 percent of the voting population) did not get to choose their new governor.... Read more

Delaware Bill Gives Voice to New Group of Citizens

By Erin Ferns Lee April 16, 2013

Delaware lawmakers took another step forward in helping resolve the “glaring contradiction” that keeps Americans who have already served their... Read more

Restoring Voting Rights

By Sarah Massey February 25, 2013

In my experience, most Americans believe in second chances. Yet, in the voting rights world, we have a glaring contradiction.... Read more

Democracy Restoration Act Could Help Enfranchise Four Million Citizens

By Erin Ferns Lee December 16, 2011

At the urging of more than two dozen civil rights groups, an important piece of legislation was introduced in the... Read more