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 to Helping Citizens Register to Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee March 28, 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

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

States Designate New Voter Registration Agencies

By Erin Ferns Lee August 30, 2013

Millions of Americans in five states will have the opportunity to register to vote when applying for health insurance through... Read more

Maryland Robocall Trial Reaches Verdict

By Erin Ferns Lee December 6, 2011

A political aide to former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich was found guilty today of of conspiring to suppress black voter... 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

Paperless Registration Could Fix Maryland’s ‘Broken’ System

By PV Admin March 3, 2011

In a recent Baltimore Sun opinion piece, former chief of the Justice Department’s Voting Section, John Tanner offers a solution to... Read more

Early Voting Debuts in Maryland This Week: Will it Improve Turnout?

By Erin Ferns Lee September 2, 2010

Schedule conflicts, work commitments, and transportation issues are just a few reasons why some voters don’t show up on Election... Read more

Maryland Becomes Fifth State to Enact Preregistration Law

By PV Admin May 5, 2010

Yesterday, Governor Martin O’Malley signed HB 217, a bill to permit 16 and 17-year-old citizens to preregister to vote, into... Read more

Gov. O’Malley Urged to Sign Bill to Provide Preregistration to Teen Citizens

By PV Admin April 22, 2010

Last week, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill to allow 16-year olds to preregister to vote. If signed by... Read more

Election Legislation Monthly Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee April 16, 2010

Project Vote monitors election legislation in all 50 states and Congress. If you would like to follow election legislation activity,... Read more