Year: 2014

Motor Vehicle Offices Are Failing to Register Voters

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Poor implementation of the National Voter Registration Act could mean problems at the polls, wrote Martha T. Moore at USA Today. Read more

Voting Rights Event Focuses on Life After Incarceration

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“All saints have a past, and all sinners have a future.” Panelist Carl Wicklund shared this old Irish quote in... Read more

Make Voting EASY

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Recently, five forward-looking members of Congress introduced the “Equal Access to Support Youth Voting Act” or “EASY” (H.R. 5144). It... Read more

Officials Examine Bipartisan Voting Recommendations

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At a time when voting rights is an issue of national concern, and the problems faced by voters in 2012... Read more

Remembering Freedom Summer

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On the 50th anniversary of the historic “Freedom Summer” and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Project Vote Legislative Director... Read more

Senate Committee Takes First Step Toward Moving Voting Rights Bill Forward

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One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act, gutting the preclearance requirements... Read more

Voting Rights Protections Cannot Wait

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Congress’s approval ratings are at all-time record lows. Americans have lost faith in our elected officials. The public no longer... Read more

Reaching Would-Be Voters Online

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Voting-eligible citizens across the country should be able to register to vote online, says Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Gillibrand announced plans... Read more

Progressive Caucus and voting rights groups call on new head of HHS to address violations of federal voting law

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as the Senate confirmed the appointment of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the U.S. Department of... Read more

Ready. Set. Match!

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I’ve got a challenge for you. CREDO Mobile has offered Project Vote and our partner, Dēmos, an $80,000 matching grant... Read more