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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

State Lawmakers Propose to Start Engaging Voters in High School

By Corey Peterson February 21, 2013

Voter preregistration programs that allow citizens as young as the age of 16 to preregister to vote provide a great... Read more

Over 200 Organizations Ask Census Bureau to Develop Solution to “Prison Gerrymandering”

By Project Vote February 19, 2013

Last week, Project Vote joined more than 200 civil rights, voting rights and criminal justice organizations in sending a letter calling... Read more

Indiana Lawmaker Proposes to Bar Out-of-State Students from Voting

By Corey Peterson February 13, 2013

UPDATE:  On Thursday, February 28 the House Committee on Elections and Apportionment amended HB 1311 removing the provision addressing nonresident... Read more

Bill Alert: N.M. and Montana Propose Bills to Impede Voter Registration Efforts

By Erin Ferns Lee February 8, 2013

Lawmakers in New Mexico and Montana introduced bills this week to impose further restrictions on community voter registration drives. Read more

Bill Alert: Noncitizen Voter Purge Bill Advances in Virginia

By Erin Ferns Lee February 6, 2013

A Virginia bill to direct the State Board of Elections to compare voter registration rolls to the federal “Systematic Alien... Read more

Civil Rights Groups File in Support of Key Voting Rights Act Section

By Erin Ferns Lee February 4, 2013

  A coalition of civil and voting rights groups filed an amicus brief in support of upholding an important provision... Read more

Voter Registration Transparency Case Settled in Virginia

By Project Vote January 31, 2013

After nearly three years in the courts, a precedent-setting case brought by voting rights groups to ensure transparency of voter... Read more

Voter Purge Bill Defeated in Colorado

By Erin Ferns Lee January 30, 2013

A bill to purge Colorado’s voter rolls of suspected noncitizens failed to pass today because it “could take away the... Read more

Proposed Rules Would Harm Democracy in Virginia, Say Voting Rights Advocates

By Project Vote January 28, 2013

Press Statement from League of Women Voters of Virginia and Project Vote: Introduced earlier this month, Virginia House Bill 1747/Senate... Read more

Federal Court Rules That Louisiana Systemically Violated the NVRA

By PV Admin January 24, 2013

NEW ORLEANS, LA – On January 23, voting rights advocates won a major legal victory on behalf of Louisiana’s public... Read more