Voting Matters Blog

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

Advocates Baffled By DOJ Approval of Controversial Voter Verification Law

By Erin Ferns Lee August 27, 2010

A two-year battle in the courts concluded this week when the Department of Justice approved Georgia’s controversial voter verification system... Read more

Archaic Voter Registration Procedures Leave Citizens Behind

By Erin Ferns Lee August 12, 2010

Access to voter registration—the basis of democratic participation—is still limited in the 21st century by overly restrictive, “horse-and-buggy” laws across... Read more

Georgia SOS Files Suit to Approve Controversial Voter Verification System

By PV Admin June 25, 2010

The fight over Georgia’s proposed voter verification system continues, with both the state and civil rights groups filing suit over... Read more

Election Legislation Monthly Roundup

By PV Admin May 17, 2010

Project Vote monitors election legislation in all 50 states and Congress. If you would like to follow election legislation activity,... Read more

Lawmakers Push Bills to Limit Voter Access by Eliminating Americans Who Cannot Prove Citizenship

By Michael Richards April 20, 2010

Since 2009, Arthur Remillard has had a difficult time proving that he exists.  But why? In 1933, Arthur was delivered... Read more

Advocates and Legislators Debate the Promise (and Potential Problems) of Online Registration

By Erin Ferns Lee April 8, 2010

Online voter registration is a leading election reform issue often touted as an avenue for modernizing voter registration for the... Read more

Georgia Senate Adopts Online Voter Registration Bill

By PV Admin March 19, 2010

After much deliberation, the Georgia Senate passed a Republican-backed measure to allow Georgians to register to vote online, a vote... Read more

DOJ Fight Over Georgia Proof-of-Citizenship Law Continues

By PV Admin February 26, 2010

Last May, the Justice Department struck down a voter verification procedure that was discovered to be error-prone and discriminatory. Around... Read more

Ga. Secretary of State Asks DOJ to OK Discriminatory Voter Verification Procedure

By Erin Ferns Lee August 20, 2009

A Georgia voter list maintenance procedure that the Department of Justice shut down as “discriminatory” in May is being brought... Read more