Voting Matters Blog

Denying Racial Voter Discrimination in the Trump Era

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Attorney General Sessions' supporters claim voter protection laws are unnecessary, though recent cases against voter suppression laws prove otherwise.

"Motor Voter" is for Online Users, Too

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A U.S. District Court in Texas finds that the NVRA applies, whether DMV clients go in-person or on the internet.

Legislative Threats and Opportunities Update

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Now that the political climate has changed—and aided by weakened voting protections—states are taking it upon themselves to investigate and pass laws that prevent "voter fraud."

Trump Administration Must Respond to Rise in Hate Crimes

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Project Vote joins 156 of our colleagues in calling on the executive branch to address the troubling surge in incidents.

Voter Fraud: The Research and Findings

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Countless studies and investigations have debunked the myth of widespread "voter fraud." Project Vote's Jennifer Jacquot-DeVries reviews the findings.

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

True the Vote Allegations Prove Untrue in Pasco Co., FL

By Michelle Kanter Cohen September 13, 2013

Recently, the Tea-Party affiliated group True the Vote announced that they had identified a number of  voters who had “double-voted,”... Read more

Project Vote Statement on North Carolina Voter Suppression Bill

By Project Vote July 23, 2013

Today, the Rules Committee of the North Carolina Senate is considering a new version of HB 589, an omnibus election... Read more

Voter Suppression Bill to Be Heard in N.C. Senate

By Erin Ferns Lee July 23, 2013

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

Ohio Group Challenges Legitimate Student Voters

By Project Vote September 28, 2012

Politicians and so-called grassroots groups are challenging voter rolls across the country with the purported purpose of finding voter fraud.... Read more

Voter Fraud Hysteria Leads to Fruitless Investigations, Voter Intimidation in Two States

By Erin Ferns Lee October 27, 2010

The conservative activists’ largely partisan voter fraud debate, as Ian Urbina at the New York Times wrote this morning, “is... Read more

Voter Suppression Efforts Reportedly Planned in Wisconsin

By PV Admin September 20, 2010

A Wisconsin advocacy group reportedly uncovered “voter suppression plans” to be implemented by the state Republican Party, Americans for Prosperity,... Read more

Voters Still Disenfranchised by 120 Year Old Florida Statute

By Michael Richards February 10, 2010

Last month, our nation celebrated the remembrance of one of America’s greatest heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who stands... Read more