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

Hillary Clinton Raises Her Voice Against Voter Suppression

By Estelle Rogers August 14, 2013

On Monday, Hillary Rodham Clinton received the American Bar Association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal. I was there. Instead of... Read more

Remembering the Voting Rights Act

By Kwame Akosah August 6, 2013

“They came in darkness and they came in chains. And today we strike away the last major shackle of those... Read more

Senate Hearing Highlights Historical Importance of Voting Rights Act

By Kwame Akosah July 19, 2013

On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony that highlighted the historical, moral, and political importance of Section 5 of the... Read more

VRA Decision Unleashes Voter Suppression Laws

By Michael Carrah July 1, 2013

Last week’s Voting Rights Act ruling by the United States Supreme Court marked a significant setback for democracy. The detrimental... Read more

Post-racial and Post-Section 4

By Project Vote June 28, 2013

At the signing of the 2006 reauthorization of the VRA, after its unanimous approval by the Senate, George W. Bush... Read more

Voting Rights Act Ruling a Setback for Our Great Democracy

By Project Vote June 25, 2013

  Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Shelby County v. Holder, ruling that Section... Read more

Uphold the Voting Rights Act, Says Attorney General Holder

By Erin Ferns Lee April 5, 2013

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s untimely death, Attorney General Eric Holder urged the United States Supreme Court to preserve the “crown... Read more

Reversing Voting Rights Protections is Laughable

By Sarah Massey March 6, 2013

This blog post should be categorized as sometimes I have to laugh or I will cry. Last week, the Supreme... Read more

Will Section 5 Survive the Supreme Court?

By Sarah Massey February 27, 2013

Anyone who cares about voting rights is watching the Supreme Court today, as it hears a case about Section 5... Read more

Civil Rights Groups File in Support of Key Voting Rights Act Section

By Erin Ferns Lee February 4, 2013

  A coalition of civil and voting rights groups filed an amicus brief in support of upholding an important provision... Read more