Voter registration is only the first step: we also have to make sure that registrants get on the rolls, and stay on the rolls.
That’s why Project Vote works to protect eligible voters from wrongful purges, voter caging, “no match, no vote” programs, and other dangerous efforts to “clean-up” the lists.
Additionally, we fight to make sure that voter registration and list maintenance policies are publicly transparent, in order to ensure that states are not using arbitrary, error-prone, or politically-motivated criteria for rejecting applicants or purging voters.
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Archaic Voter Registration Procedures Leave Citizens Behind
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
Victory in Michigan: Problematic Voter Purging Programs Stopped
The state of Michigan has agreed to end two voter purge programs that violated federal law, disenfranchising thousands of Michigan... Read more
Georgia SOS Files Suit to Approve Controversial Voter Verification System
The fight over Georgia’s proposed voter verification system continues, with both the state and civil rights groups filing suit over... Read more
Potentially Risky Voter Roll Procedure to Occur in Miss.
The potentially risky practice of interstate voter database matching has expanded to more states in 2010. In itself, the database... Read more
New Policy Paper on Voter List Maintenance
As part of our ongoing 2010 Issues in Election Administration series, Project Vote released a policy paper, a legislative brief,... Read more
New Project Vote Policy Paper: No Match, No Vote
Continuing our 2010 Issues in Election Administration series, a suite of materials designed for anyone wanting to know more about key... Read more
Kansas Takes Steps to Ensure Voters Are Not Improperly Purged by Interstate Data-Match
A seemingly harmless trend in voter list maintenance is to compare voter lists between states and cancel apparent matches. However,... Read more
Lawsuit Filed in Virginia over Access to Rejected Voter Applications
One of the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) is that state records relating to voter registration and... Read more
Voters Still Disenfranchised by 120 Year Old Florida Statute
Last month, our nation celebrated the remembrance of one of America’s greatest heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who stands... Read more
Living the Past in the Present: Voter Intimidation Tactics Still Thrive in America
In observance of Black History month, it is fitting to revisit America’s less than stellar record in the ongoing effort... Read more