Project Vote is pleased to release a new research memo, Election Legislation 2010: Threats and Opportunities Assessment. Project Vote's Communications Manager Erin Ferns has been closely watching all 45 states that are in session in 2010, and monitoring nearly 1,000 election bills related to such important issues as voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements, felon disenfranchisement laws, youth voting, Election Day registration, provisional voting, online registration, NVRA agency registration, and other election administration issues.

In this comprehensive new memo Ferns discusses the potential dangers or gains represented by over 30 bills that have been enacted or proposed in 22 states, and assesses the viability of pending bills based on discussions with state-based advocates, recent media coverage, and the composition of the legislature.  You can download this new memo here.

February 16, 2010 - NORFOLK, VA - Today, leading voter protection groups Advancement Project and Project Vote, along with pro bono cooperating attorneys from the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Norfolk against Elisa Long, general registrar of Norfolk and Nancy Rodrigues, secretary of the State Board of Elections, for denying access to certain voter registration records.  After receiving reports from their local community partners regarding large numbers of rejected voter registration applications, particularly from students at the historically African-American Norfolk State University, Advancement Project and Project Vote sought to review Norfolk’s rejected registration applications to ascertain if qualified persons were unlawfully kept off the voting rolls.