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

Victory in Michigan: Problematic Voter Purging Programs Stopped

By PV Admin June 29, 2010

The state of Michigan has agreed to end two voter purge programs that violated federal law, disenfranchising thousands of Michigan... Read more

Georgia SOS Files Suit to Approve Controversial Voter Verification System

By PV Admin June 25, 2010

The fight over Georgia’s proposed voter verification system continues, with both the state and civil rights groups filing suit over... Read more

New Policy Paper on Voter List Maintenance

By Michael Slater March 12, 2010

As part of our ongoing 2010 Issues in Election Administration series, Project Vote released a policy paper, a legislative brief,... Read more

Kansas Takes Steps to Ensure Voters Are Not Improperly Purged by Interstate Data-Match

By Erin Ferns Lee February 18, 2010

A seemingly harmless trend in voter list maintenance is to compare voter lists between states and cancel apparent matches. However,... Read more

New Memos Assess Election Laws in 11 States

By PV Admin January 11, 2010

In preparation for the 2010 legislative season, Project Vote’s Election Administration (EA) Program is releasing a series of election administration... Read more

Ga. Secretary of State Asks DOJ to OK Discriminatory Voter Verification Procedure

By Erin Ferns Lee August 20, 2009

A Georgia voter list maintenance procedure that the Department of Justice shut down as “discriminatory” in May is being brought... Read more