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

Project Vote Urges Attorney General Abbott to Protect the Rights of Texas Voters

By Project Vote October 24, 2012

Statement from Michael Slater on Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Monitors in Texas and Attorney General Abbott’s response:... Read more

Citizens Fight Back to Defend Voting Rights

By Erin Ferns Lee October 9, 2012

Voting rights is the latest subject to be examined in the magazine Human Rights, a publication of the American Bar... Read more

A Word About Preclearance

By Estelle Rogers August 9, 2012

This week, we celebrated the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, often called the “crown jewel”... Read more

Help Us Carry the Torch of the Voting Rights Act

By Project Vote August 6, 2012

Forty-seven years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The passage of this law marked... Read more

Voting Rights Act Co-Author, Nicholas Katzenbach Dies

By Estelle Rogers May 10, 2012

The civil rights movement lost a hero yesterday: Nicholas Katzenbach, whom I was privileged to know for over 20 years.... Read more

Texas Sues to Implement New Voter ID Law

By Erin Ferns Lee January 23, 2012

Claiming that the Obama Administration is “hostile” toward voter ID laws, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot is suing for approval... Read more

DOJ Shuts Down South Carolina Voter ID Law

By Erin Ferns Lee January 3, 2012

Over the holiday, the Department of Justice came to a decision on whether to approve South Carolina‘s photo voter ID... Read more

Voting Rights Victory in North Carolina

By Erin Ferns Lee December 22, 2011

Today, a D.C. federal court rejected a challenge to an integral part of the Voting Rights Act that protects minorities’... Read more

Holder Maintains Foundation of Voting Rights Act in Timely Speech

By Erin Ferns Lee December 14, 2011

Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the partisan assault on voting rights, the likes of which we have not seen... Read more

DOJ Leader to Discuss Voting Rights; Advocates Urge Him to Protect Voters

By Erin Ferns Lee December 12, 2011

Tomorrow night, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will hold a timely speech to address voting rights at the Lyndon Baines... Read more