More Than 15,000 New Mexicans May Need to Register On Election Day, Vote A Provisional Ballot
Thousands of people who conducted business at a New Mexico motor vehicles office between January 1 to June 1, 2014 and... Read more
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Project Vote Applauds Congressional Leadership on Election Reform
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Representative George Miller (D-Calif.) both introduced federal legislation designed to... Read more
Voting Rights Groups Speak Out Against Regressive Election Bills in Ohio
Today, Project Vote joined more than 40 civil rights, labor, and youth organizations in protest of proposed election bills that... Read more
St. Petersburg Times: Florida Legislature Cracking Down on Voting?
In today’s St. Petersburg Times, columnist Howard Troxler writes about how the Florida legislature is considering bills that seem to... Read more
Miami Herald: Republican-Sponsored Elections Bill “Reeks of Partisanship”
Today in Florida, the House State Affairs Committee is taking up HB 1355, an omnibus election administration bill drafted by... Read more
Virginia Illustrates Dos and Don’ts in Making Democracy Accessible
Participating in democracy should be a simple exercise for anyone who is a citizen over the age of 18, but... Read more
New Brief Discusses Improvements for Counting Provisional Ballots
Although the Help America Vote Act of 2002 provided “fail-safe” provisional voting to prevent the unnecessary disenfranchisement of eligible citizens who show up at the polls to find that they are not on the rolls, there are still thousands of voters whose ballots are not being counted. Read more
Dangerous Election Bills Introduced in Virginia
The Virginia General Assembly is busily grinding out bills that will make it considerably more difficult for Virginians to cast ballots that count. In recent years, voter ID laws have cropped up in states across the country, aimed to stymie a source of fraud that simply does not exist, and Virginia is no different. Under current law, if a voter does not or cannot produce appropriate identification at the polls, the voter can simply sign a sworn document attesting his or her identity, then cast a regular ballot. Proposed legislation in both the House of Delegates and the Senate aims to take this option away from Virginia voters and place still more stringent restrictions on the kinds of ID that are accepted. Read more
New Memos Assess Election Laws in 11 States
In preparation for the 2010 legislative season, Project Vote’s Election Administration (EA) Program is releasing a series of election administration... Read more
Arizona City Tries New “Voting Center” Model for City Elections
Here's an interesting way one Arizona city is dealing with early voting and provisional ballot problems, at least in their city elections. The city council of Phoenix has approved an election plan that would essentially eliminate the need to designate polling places during local elections. The plan is currently being reviewed by the Department of Justice and is expected to go into effect with the next mayoral election in 2011. Read more