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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

Advocates Baffled By DOJ Approval of Controversial Voter Verification Law

By Erin Ferns Lee August 27, 2010

A two-year battle in the courts concluded this week when the Department of Justice approved Georgia’s controversial voter verification system... Read more

Ohio Latino Voters May Be Affected by New ID Policy

By PV Admin August 27, 2010

“At a time when the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is working to make it easier for Puerto Ricans to... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee August 24, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

The Nation: Fight Tea Party Voters with Fresh Voters

By PV Admin August 23, 2010

Until recently, it was a “lonely fight” by voting rights groups to implement the National Voter Registration Act at public... Read more

Celebrating Women’s Suffrage Brings Another Election Issue to Light

By Erin Ferns Lee August 19, 2010

Next week marks the 90th anniversary of the American woman’s right to vote. Since the passage of the 19th amendment,... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee August 17, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

Upcoming Poll to Show What New Voters Really Want from the Government

By PV Admin August 13, 2010

Today, Project Vote released a new memo, What Happened to Hope and Change? How Fascination with the “Tea Party” Obscures... Read more

Archaic Voter Registration Procedures Leave Citizens Behind

By Erin Ferns Lee August 12, 2010

Access to voter registration—the basis of democratic participation—is still limited in the 21st century by overly restrictive, “horse-and-buggy” laws across... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee August 10, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

NY Times: DOJ Enforcement of Federal Law Could Bring Millions to the Voter Rolls

By Erin Ferns Lee August 10, 2010

Fifteen years ago, Congress enacted the National Voter Registration Act, also known as “Motor Voter” law, to help facilitate and... Read more