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

Minnesota Republicans’ Efforts to Pass Voter ID Don’t Compute

By Erin Ferns Lee February 3, 2011

Today, members of the Minnesota House will hear two controversial bills that could cost the state millions and hamper voter... Read more

Voter ID Bill Advances in South Carolina

By PV Admin January 26, 2011

The South Carolina House advanced a bill to require voters to show photo ID before voting at the polls. According... Read more

Georgia Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Public Assistance Clients

By PV Admin January 25, 2011

Project Vote and partners put Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on notice today for failing to comply with a... Read more

Research Shows Americans Aren’t As Conservative as Right-Wing Claims

By PV Admin January 19, 2011

Following the 2010 elections, conservative pundits declared America a “center-right nation” with 42 percent of voters now identifying as “conservative.”... Read more

Shifting the Focus to Improving Voter Registration Access, Not Inhibiting It

By Erin Ferns Lee January 13, 2011

In a democracy that can only boast that 71 percent of its citizens are registered and able to exercise their... Read more

Louisiana Defaulting on Federal Obligation to Register Low-Income Residents

By PV Admin January 12, 2011

Today, Project Vote, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and New Orleans attorney Ronald Wilson put Louisiana Secretary... Read more

Fear Tactics Used to Promote Voter Suppression in 2011

By Erin Ferns Lee January 7, 2011

This week, newly elected Republicans took office in several states, many of whom have big plans for the future of... Read more

Together, We Can Expand and Diversify the American Electorate

By Michael Slater December 23, 2010

The 2010 election season left many Americans with real concerns about the state of our democracy. Secretive groups spent hundreds... Read more

Court Rules that New Mexico is in Violation of Federal Voter Registration Law

By PV Admin December 22, 2010

Voting rights groups scored a major victory in their efforts to bring the State of New Mexico into compliance with... Read more

Youth Civic Engagement: An Assessment of High School Voter Registration Programs

By PV Admin December 21, 2010

Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 have long been underrepresented in U.S. electorate, but the disparity is... Read more