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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

Federal Court Revisits Restrictive Arizona Voter Registration Law

By Project Vote June 21, 2011

Arizona’s “proof-of-citizenship” voter registration law is being revisited in a federal court. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit... Read more

Partisan Politics Lead Voter Suppression Debates

By Erin Ferns Lee June 20, 2011

As game-changing election bills glide through the state legislatures just before the 2012 elections, accusations of voter suppression tactics in... Read more

Voter Suppression and Intimidation in 2010: Where’s the Outrage?

By Anthony Balady November 5, 2010

It has been three days since the midterm elections, and in those three days there have been dozens of reports... Read more

Latino Voter Suppression: Past and Present

By Anthony Balady October 29, 2010

A century ago, voter suppression took the form of Jim Crow laws that openly attempted to prevent African-Americans from voting.... Read more

Voter Fraud Hysteria Leads to Fruitless Investigations, Voter Intimidation in Two States

By Erin Ferns Lee October 27, 2010

The conservative activists’ largely partisan voter fraud debate, as Ian Urbina at the New York Times wrote this morning, “is... Read more

Misinformation from Registrar Could Disenfranchise Voters in San Diego

By Erin Ferns Lee October 21, 2010

Just two weeks before Election Day, a potentially detrimental (and ultimately unlawful) voter registration procedure was uncovered in San Diego,... Read more

GOP-Linked Ad Attempts to Suppress Latino Vote in Nevada

By PV Admin October 19, 2010

A GOP-linked group, Latinos for Reform, is encouraging Nevada Latinos not to vote in November with their new, controversial ad.... Read more

Voter Fraud Fears Stifle Voter Registration Efforts

By PV Admin October 18, 2010

The alarming trend of conservative-fueled fears of voter fraud may now have a chilling effect on legitimate votes. According to... Read more

Politicitzed DOJ Allegations Debunked

By PV Admin July 8, 2010

Tuesday, the New York Times reported on former Justice Department attorney and known right-wing activist, J. Christian Adams’ allegations of... Read more

NY Times: Attorney Claims Racial Motive in DOJ Case Decision

By PV Admin July 7, 2010

Allegations of a politicized Department of Justice continue into the Obama administration, but both conservative and Democratic members of the... Read more