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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

LWV Joins Forces to Bring Voter Registration Opportunities to Low-Income Arizonans

By Michael Richards September 30, 2010

Earlier this year, the League of Women Voters and Project Vote teamed up to find that, despite intervention from the... Read more

WSJ: Poll on Tea Party Movement Growth Also Indicates Mobility Among Minority Voters

By PV Admin September 29, 2010

The “Tea Party” movement continues to garner attention, supporting assumptions that they are “very ticked-off people” who are prepared to... Read more

Poll is a ‘Refreshing Corrective’ to Media Narrative of Tea Party Domination

By Erin Ferns Lee September 27, 2010

Project Vote’s new poll, which reveals the “rising electorate” from 2008 has starkly different views about the role of government... Read more

Voter Fraud Vigilantes: The Questionable Legality of Voter Challenges

By Anthony Balady September 24, 2010

On Monday, we blogged about the Tea Party’s alleged voter suppression efforts in Wisconsin. The Tea Party’s plan reportedly relies... Read more

New Poll Shows More Americans Want a Government That Does More, Not Less

By PV Admin September 21, 2010

Today, Project Vote released What Happened to Hope and Change? A Poll of 2008 Voters, a new report summarizing the... Read more

Voter Suppression Efforts Reportedly Planned in Wisconsin

By PV Admin September 20, 2010

A Wisconsin advocacy group reportedly uncovered “voter suppression plans” to be implemented by the state Republican Party, Americans for Prosperity,... Read more

How Public Misconceptions about Voter Fraud Result in the Disenfranchisement of Legitimate Voters

By PV Admin September 17, 2010

According to a recent poll, 20 percent of Americans believe a defunct community organization will steal the midterm elections. Even... Read more

League of Women Voters and Advocates Urge Arizona to Follow Federal Voter Registration Law

By Michael Richards September 16, 2010

In 2008, the Department of Justice found substantial non-compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act–which requires states... Read more

Texas Registrar Stifles Voter Registration Efforts

By PV Admin September 14, 2010

Harris County, Texas has become latest battleground in the ongoing struggle over voter registration, and it appears the unregistered voters... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee September 14, 2010

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