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

Senate Hearing Highlights Historical Importance of Voting Rights Act

By Kwame Akosah July 19, 2013

On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony that highlighted the historical, moral, and political importance of Section 5 of the... Read more

VRA Decision Unleashes Voter Suppression Laws

By Michael Carrah July 1, 2013

Last week’s Voting Rights Act ruling by the United States Supreme Court marked a significant setback for democracy. The detrimental... Read more

Post-racial and Post-Section 4

By Project Vote June 28, 2013

At the signing of the 2006 reauthorization of the VRA, after its unanimous approval by the Senate, George W. Bush... Read more

Voting Rights Act Ruling a Setback for Our Great Democracy

By Project Vote June 25, 2013

  Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Shelby County v. Holder, ruling that Section... Read more

Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee September 24, 2011

Voting rights victories abound this week! On a national level, the cornerstone Voting Rights Act of 1965 was upheld by... Read more

Reversing Voting Rights Protections is Laughable

By Sarah Massey March 6, 2013

This blog post should be categorized as sometimes I have to laugh or I will cry. Last week, the Supreme... 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