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October 3, 2012
AKRON, Ohio – Today, voting rights group Project Vote wrote to Joseph Masich, director of the Summit County Board of Elections, to express concern that voter registration applications were not being processed in a timely manner. With early voting already underway, dozens of citizens who applied to be added to the rolls earlier this year have still not yet received their voter registration cards, which means that those voters cannot take advantage of the early voting period. “Voting rights advocates worry that the county’s backlog could leave voters off entirely. It is the board’s duty to make sure that the voter registration process is efficient. Eligible citizens who apply to be added to the voter rolls should receive confirmation in a timely manner. Our concern is that our inquiries about these applications have gone unanswered by the board,” says Camille Wimbish, elections counsel and manager, Ohio Election Administration Program Project Vote.
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September 26, 2012
Earlier this month, Project Vote filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to intervene and prevent the state from enforcing laws that place undue burdens on voter registration drive. Yesterday, the court denied the emergency appeal.
Project Vote Executive Director Michael Slater made the following statement in response:
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Voting rights group asks justices to rule on the freedom of voter registration efforts September 14, 2012
Washington, DC – Today, with little over three weeks left before the close of voter registration in Texas, attorneys for Project Vote filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to intervene and prevent the state from enforcing laws that place undue burdens on voter registration drives.
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Florida Must Restore Voting Rights of Those Improperly Purged
September 12, 2012
Washington, DC – Today, a settlement was announced in the lawsuit initiated by Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, Project Vote, SEIU Local 1199 and LatinoJustice PRLDEF on behalf of several organizations and two Florida voters against the state of Florida challenging the legality of the voter purge program the state began earlier this year. Under the agreement, the state will reverse the effects of an illegal purge program, which resulted in many eligible voters being purged, and widespread confusion among the voting public.
“Today is a victory for Florida voters that were improperly purged from the voter rolls or intimidated by a threatening letter that required them to prove their citizenship or lose their right to vote,” Ben Hovland, senior counsel for the Fair Elections Legal Network. “Florida’s faulty purge program has exemplified the risks posed to citizens’ right to vote by sloppy list matching programs. Hopefully this settlement will ensure that all eligible Florida voters that want to cast a ballot this November will be able to.”
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August 31, 2012
Today, a federal district court in Ohio in Obama for America v. Husted ordered the state not to enforce a new law barring early voting on the weekend before Election Day, thus restoring in-person voting on the three days immediately preceding Election Day for all eligible Ohio voters.
Project Vote’s Executive Director Michael Slater issued this statement about the ruling:
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