Category: Same-Day Registration

Voters Speak Up on Voting Rights Restrictions

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The battle over voting rights reached a new peak yesterday, when voters in Maine and Mississippi voted on controversial measures... Read more

Student Voter Fraud Probe Finds No Evidence of Illegal Voting

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A two-month long voter fraud investigation in Maine concludes with no evidence of illegal voting by the 206 students that... Read more

Voting Rights News Roundup

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Election season is already underway with the nation talking about the state of voting rights. The War on Voting that... Read more

Thousands of Mainers Support Election Day Registration

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About 68,000 Mainers signed a petition to reinstate a 38-year-old election policy that has been credited for putting Maine on... Read more

Election Reform Used to Attack Access to the Ballot

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Georgia Logothetis at Daily Kos writes how state lawmakers are “Using Election Reform to Decrease Turnout,” including laws to tighten... Read more

Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law

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Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more

Election Day Registration Up for Debate in California and Maine

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The opportunity to register to vote and cast a ballot on the most politically charged day of the year–Election Day–is... Read more

American Prospect: Voting Rights Experts Assess Wis. Election Bill

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In his article on The American Prospect’s website today, Alexander Zaitchik quotes Project Vote Research Director Lorraine Minnite and other... Read more

N.H. Republicans Don’t Think Young People Should Vote

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Young people “lack life experience,” are “foolish,” vote “as a liberal,” and “just vote their feelings,” apparently, all reasons to... Read more

Shifting the Focus to Improving Voter Registration Access, Not Inhibiting It

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In a democracy that can only boast that 71 percent of its citizens are registered and able to exercise their... Read more