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Advocacy

Project Vote Testifies Against Call for Potentially Illegal Voter Purge
By Project Vote April 24, 2017

A “conservative legal watchdog group” has targeted Maryland’s largest county in its latest effort to force election officials to purge... Read more

Staff Posts

Matt Masterson is 50 Percent Correct
By Michael Slater April 14, 2017

The EAC chair is right: There is very little voter fraud in America, but he’s far off base in claiming that evidence of voter suppression is “virtually non-existent.” Read more

In the States

The Responsible Way to Increase Voter Access: Same Day Registration
By Brian McWalters April 13, 2017

Same day registration is known to boost voter turnout and keep voter rolls clean. Why aren't more states passing and implementing SDR laws? Read more

Blog Filters

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

By Corey Peterson February 13, 2013

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

Student: We Must Break Down the Barriers to Voting

By Corey Peterson January 24, 2013

  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, those elected by the votes of millions of Americans—the president and vice president—were... Read more

Youth Voter Participation is Rising

By Erin Ferns Lee December 12, 2012

Young people are historically less likely to vote than the general electorate. Recent elections, however, have shown a remarkable increase... Read more

New Census Report Shows Voter Participation Trends in U.S.

By Estelle Rogers June 7, 2012

Recent U.S. census data, culled from a survey of 50,000 households, underscores a lot of the patterns that election-watchers have... Read more

Time Magazine: When Voter Registration is a Crime

By Project Vote November 7, 2011

Another Florida high school teacher is facing a $1,000 fine for helping her students register to vote in violation of... Read more

St. Petersburg Times: Promoting Civic Involvement Shouldn’t Be a Crime

By PV Admin October 26, 2011

Earlier this week, we blogged about Jill Cicciarelli, a high school teacher in Florida who faced serious fines for helping 50... Read more

New Election Law Blocks High School Voter Registration Drive

By Erin Ferns Lee October 24, 2011

A high school civics teacher in Florida may face thousands of dollars in fines for organizing a voter registration drive... Read more

Clearing Confusion About Voter ID in Wisconsin

By Erin Ferns Lee October 6, 2011

Today, the League of Women Voters released a report that used this summer’s recall elections as an example of what... Read more

Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee September 16, 2011

The Republican effort to make it harder for certain people to vote–particularly the new voters that turned out in 2008–was... Read more

New Restrictive Laws Block the Youth Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee September 15, 2011

The recent effort to make it harder for Americans to vote in 2012 hits the youth populations in Wisconsin and... Read more