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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

Voting Rights Groups Sue Pennsylvania for Failing to Help Register Low-Income Citizens

By PV Admin July 5, 2012

Today, Project Vote and our partners—including Demos and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law–filed suit against the Commonwealth... Read more

Calif. Senate Committee Hearing on Bill to Improve Voter Registration at Public Agencies

By Project Vote July 3, 2012

Right now, the California Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee is deliberating over a bill that would establish procedures to register voters... Read more

Arkansas Put On Notice For Failing to Follow Voter Registration Law

By Erin Ferns Lee June 14, 2012

Today, Project Vote, along with Demos and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law put Arkansas on notice for... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Urge Alabama to Comply with Voter Registration Law

By Project Vote June 13, 2012

Today, Project Vote, Demos, and the Lawyers’ Committee of Civil Rights Under Law put Alabama on notice for violating the... Read more

Nevada Fails to Follow Federal Voter Registration Law, Groups Find

By Erin Ferns Lee June 12, 2012

Yesterday, voting rights groups filed a complaint against Nevada officials over the state’s failure to comply with the National Voter... Read more

Groups Sue Mass. for Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Low-Income Residents

By Project Vote May 16, 2012

Yesterday, voting rights groups filed suit against the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance for... Read more

Federal Judge Rules that Louisiana Must Offer Voter Registration to Public Agency Clients

By Project Vote May 4, 2012

Voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and... Read more

Penn. Put on Notice for Failing to Provide Voter Registration to Low-Income Citizens

By Project Vote April 27, 2012

Attorneys from Demos, Project Vote, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent a pre-litigation notice letter on Monday to... Read more

Georgia Settles Voter Registration Lawsuit, Agrees to Provide Registration Services to Low-Income Citizens

By Project Vote April 19, 2012

An important victory that brings us a step closer to modernizing our voter registration system at public assistance agencies was... Read more

Federal Court Rules That N.M. Violated Voter Registration Law

By Project Vote February 22, 2012

The federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the State of New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) violated... Read more