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

Time for Bipartisanship on Voting Rights

By Estelle Rogers November 13, 2014

When the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals last week rejected the claims of Arizona and Kansas that their states’ voter... Read more

VRA Turns 49: Looking Back and Looking Forward at Voting Rights

By Estelle Rogers August 6, 2014

Forty-ninth anniversaries don’t usually garner much attention, but today a 49th anniversary—though filled with pathos—is worth commemorating. The Voting Rights... Read more

Senate Committee Takes First Step Toward Moving Voting Rights Bill Forward

By Emily Rouleau June 26, 2014

One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act, gutting the preclearance requirements... Read more

Voting Rights Protections Cannot Wait

By Max Etin June 25, 2014

Congress’s approval ratings are at all-time record lows. Americans have lost faith in our elected officials. The public no longer... Read more

Most Americans Strongly Support Voting Rights Act, Says Report

By Jude Nwaokobia May 7, 2014

More than 10 months have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court shocked the American public by striking down Section 4(B)... Read more

Hope for a Voting Rights Fix

By Estelle Rogers January 16, 2014

Today, members of Congress took an important first step in restoring and reinvigorating the protections afforded by the Voting Rights... Read more

Voting Rights Struggles Face Legislative Hurdles

By Project Vote September 12, 2013

New Project Vote Report Examines States’ Records in 2013 Washington, DC – In a report released today, voting rights organization... Read more

Hillary Clinton Raises Her Voice Against Voter Suppression

By Estelle Rogers August 14, 2013

On Monday, Hillary Rodham Clinton received the American Bar Association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal. I was there. Instead of... Read more

Remembering the Voting Rights Act

By Kwame Akosah August 6, 2013

“They came in darkness and they came in chains. And today we strike away the last major shackle of those... Read more

North Carolina H.B. 589: Putting Up Barriers for Voters Who Move

By Leela Baggett August 2, 2013

This week, the North Carolina General Assembly presented to Governor McCrory House Bill No. 589, an omnibus election administration bill... Read more