Voting Matters Blog

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

A new article published in the American Political Science Review raises disturbing questions about the discrimination faced by minorities throughout... Read more

Here’s a Halloween scare for you: what if they held an election, and no one came? Read more

There may be a correlation between high minority voter turnout and the passage of restrictive voting laws, according to a... Read more

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

This week, the North Carolina General Assembly presented to Governor McCrory House Bill No. 589, an omnibus election administration bill... Read more

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

At the signing of the 2006 reauthorization of the VRA, after its unanimous approval by the Senate, George W. Bush... Read more

Montana Republicans are fast-tracking a bill to remove the option to register and vote on Election Day. If passed, the... Read more

On the night of the election, the President said “we have to fix that” about the long lines people endured... Read more