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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

Groups Oppose Needless Election Reform Proposals in Michigan

By Erin Ferns Lee November 30, 2011

A coalition of voting rights groups, including Project Vote, submitted testimony to a Michigan Senate Committee today, opposing Secretary of State... Read more

Election Reform Claims Don’t Pass Muster

By Estelle Rogers October 25, 2011

Remember that game where a message is passed from person to person (usually they’re girls, as I’ve observed), and the... Read more

Restrictive Voter Registration Proposal Considered in Michigan

By Estelle Rogers October 21, 2011

Senate Bill 754 is one of a series of bills introduced this year with the purpose of making it harder... Read more

Michigan Officials Put on Notice for Voting Rights Violations

By Project Vote August 22, 2011

Voting rights groups put the state of Michigan on notice after finding evidence that the state has failed to provide... 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

Noncitizen Voting is Nonexistent, Say Michigan Election Officials

By Erin Ferns Lee July 1, 2010

As Michigan considers following the dangerous example of Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law, one of the candidates for the state’s chief... Read more

Victory in Michigan: Problematic Voter Purging Programs Stopped

By PV Admin June 29, 2010

The state of Michigan has agreed to end two voter purge programs that violated federal law, disenfranchising thousands of Michigan... Read more

Michigan Models Anti-Immigration Bills After Arizona; Targets Voting

By PV Admin June 7, 2010

Following the buzz in Michigan that the state wants to clone Arizona’s controversial immigration bill, SB 1070, the state introduced... Read more

Online Voter Registration: A New and Inexpensive Way to Register Voters?

By Erin Ferns Lee January 14, 2010

Voter registration is becoming easier and more accessible for voting eligible citizens in several states through the growing trend of online voter registration. This new election reform has the potential to be a cost-effective method of enfranchising more Americans, especially as applied to the electronic transmission of applications through voter registration agencies under the National Voter Registration Act. Read more

New Memos Assess Election Laws in 11 States

By PV Admin January 11, 2010

In preparation for the 2010 legislative season, Project Vote’s Election Administration (EA) Program is releasing a series of election administration... Read more