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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

Bill Alert: Noncitizen Voter Purge Bill Advances in Virginia

By Erin Ferns Lee February 6, 2013

A Virginia bill to direct the State Board of Elections to compare voter registration rolls to the federal “Systematic Alien... Read more

Voter Purge Bill Defeated in Colorado

By Erin Ferns Lee January 30, 2013

A bill to purge Colorado’s voter rolls of suspected noncitizens failed to pass today because it “could take away the... Read more

Congress Holds Hearing on State of Voting Rights

By Michelle Rupp December 19, 2012

Today, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing to address The State of the Right to Vote After... Read more

Project Vote Applauds Congressional Leadership on Election Reform

By Erin Ferns Lee November 16, 2012

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Representative George Miller (D-Calif.) both introduced federal legislation designed to... Read more

Fla. Assures Court that No Eligible Voter Will Be Purged Before Election

By Project Vote October 18, 2012

Washington, DC – Concerned that the state of Florida’s program to remove alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls could wrongfully... Read more

Voter Purge Settlement Protects Right to Vote for Florida Voters

By Project Vote September 12, 2012

Today, a settlement was announced in the lawsuit initiated by Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, Project Vote, SEIU Local... Read more

Voter Purge Efforts in Texas and Colo. Found to Wrongfully Target Legitimate Voters

By Erin Ferns Lee September 11, 2012

Hysterical efforts to rid state voter rolls of “dead” or “noncitizen” voters before the November election has raised more red... Read more

Another Battleground State Plans Questionable Voter Roll Cleanup

By Erin Ferns Lee August 10, 2012

Kicking masses of voters off the rolls before the November election appears to be a troubling trend in battleground states.... Read more

Federal Court Upholds Ruling that Ensures Transparency of Va. Voter Registration Records

By Project Vote June 18, 2012

A precedent-setting case  brought by voting rights groups to ensure transparency of voter rolls and voter list maintenance was upheld by... Read more

Fla. Official Insists on Purging Voters Despite Major Program Flaws

By Sarah Massey June 8, 2012

On Wednesday, Florida’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner issued a letter to the Department of Justice stating that the state’s... Read more