Protecting the Voter Rolls
It’s one thing to get citizens onto the voter rolls. But it’s equally important that we make sure eligible voters stay on the rolls.
Under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), states are tasked with maintaining current and accurate voter registration databases. However, the lack of clear and uniform standards for list maintenance has resulted in inconsistent standards from state to state, and poorly developed “voter purge” programs have often led to the mass disenfranchisement of eligible voters. Frequently, such ill-conceived purge programs have had a disproportionate impact on minority populations.
The removal of voters from the rolls needs to be undertaken with the greatest of care, and in complete compliance with the standards established by federal law, including the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which contains a number of procedural protections to protect eligible voters from wrongful removals.
Project Vote closely monitors, investigates, and where necessary brings suits against illegal and discriminatory voter purge activity.
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Voter Purge, Minority Voting Rights Flashpoints Of New Showdown In Florida
Florida officials made it clear Friday that the state will continue to purge as many as 182,000 suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls -- despite a coalition's call to stop the process or prepare for court. Read more
Voting Rights Groups Call on Florida to Stop Purging Voters
A voting rights coalition sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner today, alerting him that Florida’s plan... Read more
Voting Rights Organizations Send Notice to Florida: Stop Purging Voters
oday, a coaliton of civil and voting rights organizations sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, alerting him that Florida’s plan to identify and remove alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls violates federal law and must cease immediately. Read more
Groups call on Florida to halt voter purge
Six civil rights and voting rights organizations sent a letter Thursday to Secretary of State Ken Detzner asking him to stop the purge or he will risk a lawsuit. Read more
Voter List Maintenance Procedure Could Hurt More Than It Helps
Florida’s list-matching procedure that compares the voter rolls with the motor vehicle’s records to vet out “potential non-citizens” may hurt... Read more
Rep. Davis Dropped from the Voter Roll
Former U.S. Congressman Lincoln Davis found out the hard way that voter suppression still exists in the U.S. He went... Read more
Colorado county clerks baffled by Gessler non-citizen voter registration claims
Non-citizen voting is a fashionable political theme these days, but it has no basis in reality, said Project Vote attorney Estelle Rogers. Read more
Election Reform Claims Don’t Pass Muster
Remember that game where a message is passed from person to person (usually they’re girls, as I’ve observed), and the... Read more
Advocates Baffled By DOJ Approval of Controversial Voter Verification Law
A two-year battle in the courts concluded this week when the Department of Justice approved Georgia’s controversial voter verification system... Read more
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