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April 22, 2013
Clearwater, Florida – As the senate election bill SB 600 heads to the floor for a final vote on Wednesday, voting rights advocates are flagging the amended language in the bill that creates a harmful barrier to some voters to cast a ballot. Local residents and members of the Florida Consumer Action Network, Awake Pinellas, PICO, Project Vote, and the ACLU will gather outside of Senator Jack Latvala’s office (26133 US Highway 19 North, Clearwater, Florida) at 2 p.m. on Tuesday April 23 to call for changes to the elections reform package, specifically language which hurts elderly and language minority voters by limiting who can provide assistance to them when casting their ballot.
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New Project Vote Report Examines States' Records
March 27, 2013
Washington, DC – In a report released today, voting rights organization Project Vote analyzes all of the voting related bills introduced, passed, or rejected across the country in the first quarter of 2013, and finds that the recent trend towards disenfranchisement continues.
While the lawmakers’ continued focus on voter restrictions is disturbing, the report also finds a groundswell of support for ways to protect and improve access to the democratic system. “Members of Congress, state lawmakers, and the American people are focusing on combating anti-voting measures and bringing our election system into the 21st century,” writes report author Erin Ferns Lee.
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March 20, 2013
On March 18, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral
arguments in the case of Arizona v. Inter Tribal Counsel of
Arizona. Project Vote is one of several plaintiffs
represented in the case. Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote,
released the following statement about the case
“Voter registration should be a simple
process for all eligible Americans, but in Arizona it is not. Arizona requires
citizens to provide documentary proof of their citizenship. This law results in
eligible Arizonans being denied registration and stymies the efforts of
community voter registration drives.
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