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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

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

Voting Rights News Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee September 9, 2011

Election season is already underway with the nation talking about the state of voting rights. The War on Voting that... Read more

Partisans and Advocates Battle Over Voting Rights

By Erin Ferns Lee September 1, 2011

The “War on Voting”–the partisan-fueled campaign to enact laws to restrict access to the ballot–has received significant attention in the... Read more

Democrats Targeted in Wisconsin Voter Deception Scheme

By Erin Ferns Lee August 2, 2011

Accusations of partisan politics and voter suppression have been on the rise with the recent passage of restrictive election reforms... Read more

American Prospect: Voting Rights Experts Assess Wis. Election Bill

By PV Admin May 4, 2011

In his article on The American Prospect’s website today, Alexander Zaitchik quotes Project Vote Research Director Lorraine Minnite and other... Read more

Officials Dispute Need for Voter ID in Their States

By Erin Ferns Lee February 9, 2011

Since the 2010 midterm elections and the Republican takeover of several state houses, the fight to enact controversial photo voter... Read more

Shifting the Focus to Improving Voter Registration Access, Not Inhibiting It

By Erin Ferns Lee January 13, 2011

In a democracy that can only boast that 71 percent of its citizens are registered and able to exercise their... Read more

Fear Tactics Used to Promote Voter Suppression in 2011

By Erin Ferns Lee January 7, 2011

This week, newly elected Republicans took office in several states, many of whom have big plans for the future of... Read more

Voter Suppression Efforts Reportedly Planned in Wisconsin

By PV Admin September 20, 2010

A Wisconsin advocacy group reportedly uncovered “voter suppression plans” to be implemented by the state Republican Party, Americans for Prosperity,... Read more

Wis. Election Official Explains Why Voluntary ID is Unfair

By PV Admin May 21, 2010

The director of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which recently shut down a citizen activist effort to show photo ID,... Read more