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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

New Guides to Helping Citizens Register to Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee April 18, 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

Voter Registration Case Heard in Louisiana

By Erin Ferns Lee December 9, 2013

A lawsuit on whether Louisiana is providing its low-income citizens a meaningful opportunity to register to vote was heard last week before... Read more

Registration Rates of Low-Income Citizens Improve after Lawsuits

By Project Vote July 17, 2013

Thousands of low-income citizens in Louisiana and Georgia have recently applied to register to vote at public agency offices, according to... Read more

New Louisiana Election Law Singles Out Low-Income Citizens

By Kwame Akosah July 3, 2013

Last month, the Louisiana legislature amended its election code with Act 383, sponsored by Rep. Tim Burns (R). The new... Read more

Federal Court Rules That Louisiana Systemically Violated the NVRA

By PV Admin January 24, 2013

NEW ORLEANS, LA – On January 23, voting rights advocates won a major legal victory on behalf of Louisiana’s public... Read more

Federal Judge Rules that Louisiana Must Offer Voter Registration to Public Agency Clients

By Project Vote May 4, 2012

Voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and... 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

Federal Court Gives Green Light to Voter Registration Lawsuit in Louisiana

By Project Vote July 21, 2011

Today, a federal court ruled that public assistance recipients and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP can proceed with... Read more

DOJ Sues Louisiana to Comply with Federal Voter Registration Law

By Erin Ferns Lee July 12, 2011

The state of Louisiana is being challenged by the Justice Department for violating a federal election law that requires state... Read more

Shifting the Focus to Improving Voter Registration Access, Not Inhibiting It

By Erin Ferns Lee January 13, 2011

In a democracy that can only boast that 71 percent of its citizens are registered and able to exercise their... Read more