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

Settlement Reached in South Dakota Felon Disenfranchisement Suit

By PV Admin June 2, 2010

The Associated Press reports that South Dakota and Shannon County have reached a settlement agreement with the American Civil Liberties... Read more

Potentially Risky Voter Roll Procedure to Occur in Miss.

By Teresa James June 2, 2010

The potentially risky practice of interstate voter database matching has expanded to more states in 2010. In itself, the database... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee June 1, 2010

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