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

Younger Teens Can Register to Vote in Some States Too

By Erin Ferns Lee August 31, 2011

The 2012 election season is already beginning to heat up and with that, we can expect more citizens to register to... Read more

Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law

By PV Admin June 7, 2011

Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more

Victory for Youth Voting in NJ

By Michael McDunnah April 25, 2011

In 1985 New Jersey Governor Tom Kean signed New Jersey’s High School Voter Registration Law (HSVRL), which mandated that schools... Read more

Miami Herald: Republican-Sponsored Elections Bill “Reeks of Partisanship”

By Michael McDunnah April 14, 2011

Today in Florida, the House State Affairs Committee is taking up HB 1355, an omnibus election administration bill drafted by... Read more

New Research Memo Sheds Light on First-Time Voters

By PV Admin April 11, 2011

New voters played a decisive role in the 2008 election, according to a new research memorandum by Project Vote Research... Read more

N.H. Republicans Don’t Think Young People Should Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee March 9, 2011

Young people “lack life experience,” are “foolish,” vote “as a liberal,” and “just vote their feelings,” apparently, all reasons to... Read more

Three States Propose Laws to Improve Youth Voter Registration Access

By PV Admin February 3, 2011

In recent years, six states have adopted measures to help ingrain the democratic process in the nation’s young people earlier... Read more

Youth Civic Engagement: An Assessment of High School Voter Registration Programs

By PV Admin December 21, 2010

Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 have long been underrepresented in U.S. electorate, but the disparity is... 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