Year: 2013

Bill Alert: SCOTUS Deliberates Over Arizona Voter Registration Law; Two States Introduce Similar Measures

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On Monday, the United States Supreme Court “heard arguments about whether states have the power under the federal law to... Read more

Florida Election Administration Bill Does Not Go Far Enough

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Today, members of the Florida Senate heard a bill that is supposed to address the long lines that affected Florida... Read more

NVRA Heads to Supreme Court: Join us 3/15, 2 PM ET for a Tweetchat

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Next Monday, March 18, the Supreme Court will review the critical voting rights case, Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council, Inc... Read more

Reversing Voting Rights Protections is Laughable

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This blog post should be categorized as sometimes I have to laugh or I will cry. Last week, the Supreme... Read more

Will Section 5 Survive the Supreme Court?

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Anyone who cares about voting rights is watching the Supreme Court today, as it hears a case about Section 5... Read more

Restoring Voting Rights

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In my experience, most Americans believe in second chances. Yet, in the voting rights world, we have a glaring contradiction.... Read more

Bill Alert: Missouri House Introduces Proof of Citizenship Bill

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The Missouri House has introduced yet another bill to make voting less accessible. Last week, the House adopted a bill... Read more

State Lawmakers Propose to Start Engaging Voters in High School

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Voter preregistration programs that allow citizens as young as the age of 16 to preregister to vote provide a great... Read more

Over 200 Organizations Ask Census Bureau to Develop Solution to “Prison Gerrymandering”

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Last week, Project Vote joined more than 200 civil rights, voting rights and criminal justice organizations in sending a letter calling... Read more

Indiana Lawmaker Proposes to Bar Out-of-State Students from Voting

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UPDATE:  On Thursday, February 28 the House Committee on Elections and Apportionment amended HB 1311 removing the provision addressing nonresident... Read more