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

Restrictive Voter Registration Law Struck Down in Arizona

By PV Admin October 26, 2010

A notoriously restrictive voter registration law was struck down in Arizona today after the United States Court of Appeals for... Read more

LWV Joins Forces to Bring Voter Registration Opportunities to Low-Income Arizonans

By Michael Richards September 30, 2010

Earlier this year, the League of Women Voters and Project Vote teamed up to find that, despite intervention from the... Read more

League of Women Voters and Advocates Urge Arizona to Follow Federal Voter Registration Law

By Michael Richards September 16, 2010

In 2008, the Department of Justice found substantial non-compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act–which requires states... 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

Supreme Court Stops Arizona ‘Clean Elections’ Public Funding Law

By Erin Ferns Lee June 11, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a temporary block of an Arizona state law that has provided state funds... Read more

Election Legislation Monthly Roundup

By PV Admin May 17, 2010

Project Vote monitors election legislation in all 50 states and Congress. If you would like to follow election legislation activity,... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee April 21, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

This Week’s Election Legislation Hearings

By Erin Ferns Lee March 30, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

Looking Beyond the College Campus in Youth Voter Engagement Efforts

By PV Admin March 4, 2010

Engaging young citizens in the democratic process is an issue that lawmakers and voting rights advocates have long attempted to... Read more

Preregistration Bill Heard in Arizona Senate Committee

By Bo Banwo February 25, 2010

Today the Arizona State Senate heard preregistration Senate Bill 1220, a proposed measure to allow all 17-year-old citizens to preregister... Read more