Challenging Voter Suppression
The right to vote has been one of the most challenged individual rights in the history of this country. Unfortunately, illegal and cynical attempts to suppress the vote and manipulate voters persist to this day. Among the strategies used are voter intimidation and voter challenges.
In recent years, Election Day challenges to voter eligibility have resulted in a number of controversies in polling places across the country. The fact that areas with large minority populations have been consistently targeted for aggressive challenges indicates that unlawful voter suppression tactics are a continuing concern in our country.
Project Vote’s legal team responds to reports of voter intimidation, and works to enact policies that both protect voters and reinstate confidence in the integrity of our electoral system.
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Republican Officials Acknowledge Voter Suppression Motives
Voting rights advocates have long asserted that restrictive voting laws are only implemented for one reason: suppressing the votes of... Read more
UPDATE: Briefing on Enforcing Federal Election Law, Combatting Barriers to the Ballot
Today, Project Vote, Demos, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law went to Capitol Hill to hold two... Read more
TPM: No One is Trying to Register Dogs to Vote
In what has been called “part of a blatant and ongoing partisan effort to keep people from voting,” Republican operatives... Read more
US Senator Decries Voter Intimidation Tactics at Hearing
“We thought the days of disenfranchising minority voters were over but they’re not,” testified Senator Ben Cardin before the Senate... Read more
Strict Voter ID Laws May Disenfranchise 25,000 Transgender Voters, Study Finds
Requiring photo ID to vote has become a contentious issue across the nation as more states—entrenched in partisan battles—pass these... Read more
An Attack on Voting Rights is an Attack on the Country, Says Craigslist Founder
Think you have the right to vote? Not so much. Check out these great graphics at craigconnects that tell a... Read more
Project Vote Supports New Legislation to Punish Dirty Election Tricks
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced important legislation to punish voter suppression and intimidation tactics.... Read more
Holder Maintains Foundation of Voting Rights Act in Timely Speech
Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the partisan assault on voting rights, the likes of which we have not seen... Read more
DOJ Leader to Discuss Voting Rights; Advocates Urge Him to Protect Voters
Tomorrow night, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will hold a timely speech to address voting rights at the Lyndon Baines... Read more
NAACP Confronts Voting Barriers in Modern-Day America
The nation’s oldest civil rights organization, NAACP has brought voting barriers to a national discussion this week with the release... Read more