Voting Matters Blog

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

New Guides for Helping Citizens Register to Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee February 14, 2014

Project Vote has released new guides to voter registration laws for several states. Project Vote developed these guides on behalf of our... Read more

New Jersey Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Low-Income Residents

By Project Vote October 1, 2013

National Voting Rights Groups Put Lt. Gov. Guadagno and DHS on Notice for Violations of Federal Law Trenton, N.J. –... Read more

Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law

By PV Admin June 7, 2011

Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more

Victory for Youth Voting in NJ

By Michael McDunnah April 25, 2011

In 1985 New Jersey Governor Tom Kean signed New Jersey’s High School Voter Registration Law (HSVRL), which mandated that schools... 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

Voter Groups Go to Court to Fight for Voting Rights of High School Students in New Jersey

By PV Admin October 27, 2010

TRENTON–The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Project Vote, and the Fair Elections Legal Network submitted a brief seeking... Read more

Voting Rights Coalition Offers New Jersey Guidance on High School Voter Registration

By Yolanda Sheffield April 30, 2010

As part of an ongoing effort to make voter registration easier and more accessible for young citizens, Project Vote –... Read more

N.J. Dept. of Education Investigates High School Registration Rules

By Yolanda Sheffield March 12, 2010

In a group effort with the New Jersey Department of Public Advocate and several other organizations, Project Vote filed papers... Read more

Living the Past in the Present: Voter Intimidation Tactics Still Thrive in America

By Erin Ferns Lee February 4, 2010

In observance of Black History month, it is fitting to revisit America’s less than stellar record in the ongoing effort... Read more

Project Vote Joins Petition for High School Registration Regulations in New Jersey

By PV Admin January 8, 2010

As part of coalition of voting rights groups, Project Vote and the New Jersey Department of Public Advocate filed a petition with the State Board of Elections today, proposing new regulations to improve and enforce voter registration efforts in New Jersey Schools. Read more