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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

The Right to Vote Needs Defenders in High Places

By Estelle Rogers January 8, 2015

What does the secretary of state do, exactly? No, not John Kerry: the secretaries of state of the STATES. Well,... Read more

New Guides to Helping Citizens Register to Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee March 21, 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

Online Voter Registration Rule is a Real Breakthrough

By Estelle Rogers September 30, 2013

Minnesota’s innovative secretary of state, Mark Ritchie has developed an online voter registration tool that is now available on the... Read more

Minnesota Launches Online Voter Registration Site

By Erin Ferns Lee September 26, 2013

Citizens in Minnesota now may register to vote or update their registration status online, says Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Read more

New Census Report Shows Voter Participation Trends in U.S.

By Estelle Rogers June 7, 2012

Recent U.S. census data, culled from a survey of 50,000 households, underscores a lot of the patterns that election-watchers have... Read more

Photo IDs Are Roadblocks to Voting

By Sarah Massey February 2, 2012

Minnesotans don’t want to have to present a photo voter ID in order to exercise their right to vote. This... Read more

Officials Dispute Need for Voter ID in Their States

By Erin Ferns Lee February 9, 2011

Since the 2010 midterm elections and the Republican takeover of several state houses, the fight to enact controversial photo voter... Read more

Minnesota Republicans’ Efforts to Pass Voter ID Don’t Compute

By Erin Ferns Lee February 3, 2011

Today, members of the Minnesota House will hear two controversial bills that could cost the state millions and hamper voter... Read more

Newly Elected Minnesota Legislators Announce Intent to make Voting More Difficult

By Anthony Balady December 10, 2010

Minnesota has some of the most progressive voter registration laws in the country, laws like same day registration and vouching,... 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