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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

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Mass. and Va. Adopt Beneficial Voting Policies This Week

By Erin Ferns Lee June 24, 2015

Massachusetts and Virginia adopted policies that would make voter registration and voting accessible to more citizens this week. Read more

The Invisible Barrier to Voting

By Erin Ferns Lee November 7, 2013

Tuesday, more than 350,000 Virginians (about 7 percent of the voting population) did not get to choose their new governor.... Read more

Virginia Registrar Cautiously Implements New Voter Purge Law

By Erin Ferns Lee September 25, 2013

Virginia is one of two states to pass a law that allows it to compare voter rolls with neighboring states... Read more

Fill Out Full Virginia State Voter Registration Form, Advise Voting Rights Advocates

By Project Vote August 29, 2013

Overlooking box on the form can cause eligible applicants to be rejected, says Project Vote Richmond, VA – A spot... Read more

Virginia Launches Online Voter Registration Web Site

By Leela Baggett July 25, 2013

Virginia’s online voter registration portal went live this week providing many residents the opportunity to register to vote online as... Read more

Restoring Voting Rights

By Sarah Massey February 25, 2013

In my experience, most Americans believe in second chances. Yet, in the voting rights world, we have a glaring contradiction.... Read more

Bill Alert: Noncitizen Voter Purge Bill Advances in Virginia

By Erin Ferns Lee February 6, 2013

A Virginia bill to direct the State Board of Elections to compare voter registration rolls to the federal “Systematic Alien... Read more

Voter Registration Transparency Case Settled in Virginia

By Project Vote January 31, 2013

After nearly three years in the courts, a precedent-setting case brought by voting rights groups to ensure transparency of voter... Read more

Proposed Rules Would Harm Democracy in Virginia, Say Voting Rights Advocates

By Project Vote January 28, 2013

Press Statement from League of Women Voters of Virginia and Project Vote: Introduced earlier this month, Virginia House Bill 1747/Senate... Read more

Va. Governor Announces Support for Voting Rights Restoration

By Erin Ferns Lee January 10, 2013

Yesterday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that he supports legislation to automatically restore voting rights to people convicted of nonviolent... Read more