Voting Matters Blog

Denying Racial Voter Discrimination in the Trump Era

Read more

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

Read more

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

Read more

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

Read more

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

Read more

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

Voter Suppression is a Monster in the Dark

By Michael Slater October 30, 2014

Here’s a Halloween scare for you: what if they held an election, and no one came? Read more

Partisans Attack Early Voting for “No Good Reason”

By Erin Ferns Lee November 21, 2013

“The idea that Election Day can only be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November seems to be... Read more

Wisconsin Considers Cutting Early Voting

By Erin Ferns Lee October 31, 2013

A Wisconsin election bill that would change early voting opportunities for Wisconsin voters “for the worse” was heard today by... Read more

The Real Cost of Voter ID

By Sarah Massey April 5, 2012

Voter fraud is a non-existent problem, yet the laws purporting to combat it are very expensive The economy is beginning... Read more

Wisconsin Voter ID Lawsuits May Go to State Supreme Court

By Erin Ferns Lee March 28, 2012

Wisconsin’s blocked new voter ID law may be reviewed by the state Supreme Court to determine whether the law should... Read more

Wisconsin Voter ID Law Temporarily Blocked; Judge Calls it ‘Needless’

By Erin Ferns Lee March 6, 2012

Wisconsin voters will not need to show ID to vote in the April 3 primary and local general election, thanks... Read more

Wis. Officials Test Voter ID Law in Mock Election

By Erin Ferns Lee October 12, 2011

Yesterday, the Madison City Clerk conducted a mock election with dozens of community members to “work out the kinks” that... Read more

Clearing Confusion About Voter ID in Wisconsin

By Erin Ferns Lee October 6, 2011

Today, the League of Women Voters released a report that used this summer’s recall elections as an example of what... Read more

States Ignore the Impact Photo ID Laws Could Have on Their Citizens

By Erin Ferns Lee September 30, 2011

“The U.S. Supreme Court upheld voter ID requirements in concept three years ago, but justices said then that they might... Read more

Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee September 16, 2011

The Republican effort to make it harder for certain people to vote–particularly the new voters that turned out in 2008–was... Read more