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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

Polling Place Cutbacks Could Impact Vote, 100 Polls to Close in Omaha

By Sarah Massey March 22, 2012

Cross-posted at AlterNet As in real estate, when it comes to polling places the three most important factors are location,... Read more

Questions on Voting

By Erin Ferns Lee January 15, 2012

Some of you have asked us how to check if you are registered to vote, if you are eligible to... Read more

Upcoming Analysis Finds 2010 Electorate is “Old, White, Rich and Republican”

By PV Admin November 22, 2010

Today, McClatchy Newspapers gave a sneak peak of Project Vote’s exit poll analysis of the 2010 electorate. The study, which... Read more

NY Times Examines More Midterm Election Myths

By PV Admin November 5, 2010

New York Times writer, Michael Cooper examines the myths that plague midterm election analyses, particularly regarding voter’s views on “Big... Read more

WaPo:’Who Will Vote’ Today? Youth?

By PV Admin November 2, 2010

Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne writes on the “unprecedented gap between the entire potential electorate and those who intend to... Read more

Get Your Voter Info!

By PV Admin October 30, 2010

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Debunking the Tea Party’s Election Night Message

By Steven Rosenfeld October 27, 2010

Experts are predicting major Democrat losses in 2010’s midterm elections, and pundits are already saying that this year’s unusually competitive... Read more

Young Voter Asks Candidates and Media to “Help Us Help You”

By Anthony Balady October 15, 2010

According to Project Vote’s recent poll, only 79.1 percent of voters under the age of 30 plan to vote in... Read more

Cracks in the Media Frame Propping Up the Tea Party?

By Lorraine Minnite Ph.D. October 11, 2010

Three weeks after reviewing (and deciding not to cover) Project Vote’s major new survey documenting how out of step the... Read more

Beneath the Tea Party’s Anti-Government Rallying Cry, Americans Call for Government to Do More

By Michael McDunnah October 7, 2010

“Can you hear me?” That’s the recurring refrain in a radio promo for this weekend’s “Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention,”... Read more