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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Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit Heads Back to Court
Civil Rights Groups to Argue that Statewide Purge Program Violates Federal Law Miami – Florida’s 2012 voter purge program goes... Read more
Gov. Scott’s Voter Purge Tour Ends – Many Questions Remain
Today Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner concluded the last of five meetings across the state, meetings supposedly designed to... Read more
Fla. Elections Supervisor Concerned about Voter Purge Plans
Pinellas County Elections Supervisor Deborah Clark, a Republican, bucked her party’s narrative when she said there was no issue of... Read more
Groups Call on Indiana Governor to Veto Harmful Election Bill
Indianapolis – The Indiana legislature yesterday passed election rules that will make it more difficult to register to vote, and... Read more
Search for Non-citizens on Tenn. Voter Rolls Turns Up Short
The witch hunt for non-citizens lurking on voter rolls and compromising elections turned up short in Tennessee this week. According... Read more
Group Sues to Stop Discriminatory Voter Purge Effort in Harris County, Texas
Today, LULAC filed suit against Harris County in Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas for wrongly rejecting... Read more
Voter Purge Settlement Protects Right to Vote for Florida Voters
Today, a settlement was announced in the lawsuit initiated by Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, Project Vote, SEIU Local... Read more
Voter Purge Efforts in Texas and Colo. Found to Wrongfully Target Legitimate Voters
Hysterical efforts to rid state voter rolls of “dead” or “noncitizen” voters before the November election has raised more red... Read more
Another Battleground State Plans Questionable Voter Roll Cleanup
Kicking masses of voters off the rolls before the November election appears to be a troubling trend in battleground states.... Read more
Florida Plaintiffs File Suit to Protect Their Right to Vote Statewide
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, civil and voting rights organizations Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Project Vote... Read more