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

DOJ Orders Florida to Stop Voter Purge

By Erin Ferns Lee June 1, 2012

Last night, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered Florida to halt its voter purge program, claiming that the state is... Read more

Citizens Are Wrongfully Targeted in Florida Voter Purge Effort

By Erin Ferns Lee May 29, 2012

Florida continues with their voter purging plan, despite our warning that eligible citizens could be wrongfully removed from the voter rolls... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Call on Florida to Stop Purging Voters

By PV Admin May 24, 2012

A voting rights coalition sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner today, alerting him that Florida’s plan... Read more

Voter List Maintenance Procedure Could Hurt More Than It Helps

By Erin Ferns Lee May 9, 2012

Florida’s list-matching procedure that compares the voter rolls with the motor vehicle’s records to vet out “potential non-citizens” may hurt... Read more

Rep. Davis Dropped from the Voter Roll

By Sarah Massey March 16, 2012

Former U.S. Congressman Lincoln Davis found out the hard way that voter suppression still exists in the U.S. He went... Read more

Pew Report Exemplifies Need to Bring Voter Registration to the 21st Century

By Erin Ferns Lee February 14, 2012

New Pew Center on the State report, Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient, shows the need to modernize our voter registration system... Read more

The battle over ballot access continues in Colorado

By Erin Ferns Lee October 5, 2011

The battle continues between a Colorado election clerk and the secretary of state over who can receive mail ballots before the... Read more

Voter Registration Laws Scrutinized by Civil Rights Groups

By Erin Ferns Lee September 28, 2011

Voter registration procedures that require proof of citizenship to be enfranchised are being challenged by civil rights and citizen groups... Read more

Virginia Judge Sides with Voters in Precedent-Setting Case

By Project Vote July 21, 2011

A Virginia judge set a precedent in voting rights victories Wednesday when she handed down her decision in Project Vote... 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