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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

‘Motor Voter’ Registrations on the Rise

By Project Vote November 8, 2011

The rise in voter registrations coming from public-assistance agencies points to increased compliance with a 1993 federal election law. David... Read more

Indiana Reaches Settlement to Offer Voter Registration to Low-Income Citizens

By Project Vote August 25, 2011

Thousands of low-income Indiana residents will finally have the opportunity to register to vote at state public assistance offices, as... Read more

Michigan Officials Put on Notice for Voting Rights Violations

By Project Vote August 22, 2011

Voting rights groups put the state of Michigan on notice after finding evidence that the state has failed to provide... Read more

Federal Court Gives Green Light to Voter Registration Lawsuit in Louisiana

By Project Vote July 21, 2011

Today, a federal court ruled that public assistance recipients and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP can proceed with... Read more

New EAC Report Shows Increased Voter Registration Among Low-Income Americans

By Project Vote July 13, 2011

An analysis of a June 27 report by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission shows that voter registration application rates at... Read more

DOJ Sues Louisiana to Comply with Federal Voter Registration Law

By Erin Ferns Lee July 12, 2011

The state of Louisiana is being challenged by the Justice Department for violating a federal election law that requires state... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Sue Georgia for Neglecting Voting Rights of Low-Income Residents

By Project Vote June 6, 2011

A voting rights coalition filed suit today against Georgia state officials to remedy the state’s failure to provide voter registration... Read more

DOJ Enforces the NVRA Against Rhode Island

By Niyati Shah March 18, 2011

Today the Department of Justice announced that a settlement has been reached in the first suit brought under the Obama... Read more

Paperless Registration Could Fix Maryland’s ‘Broken’ System

By PV Admin March 3, 2011

In a recent Baltimore Sun opinion piece, former chief of the Justice Department’s Voting Section, John Tanner offers a solution to... Read more

Texas Public Assistance Agencies Failing to Offer Voter Registration

By PV Admin February 11, 2011

Project Vote and our partners have been working for several years to ensure that public assistance agencies around the country... Read more