Voting Matters Blog

  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, those elected by the votes of millions of Americans—the president and vice president—were... Read more

Yesterday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that he supports legislation to automatically restore voting rights to people convicted of nonviolent... Read more

As 2012 comes to a close, our sincere thanks go out to those who have given so generously to Project... Read more

Today, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing to address The State of the Right to Vote After... Read more

Young people are historically less likely to vote than the general electorate. Recent elections, however, have shown a remarkable increase... Read more

The Missouri Senate proposes to amend the state constitution to enable the passage of a voter ID law requiring all... Read more

CORRECTION, Nov. 21, 2012, 8:50 p.m. PT: Updated to clarify that 5% of provisional voters, not all voters, cast provisional... Read more

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Representative George Miller (D-Calif.) both introduced federal legislation designed to... Read more

On the night of the election, the President said “we have to fix that” about the long lines people endured... Read more

Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote, released the following statement: “In his victory speech in Chicago last night, President... Read more