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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

How Felon Voting Restrictions Punish Entire American Communities

By Anthony Balady December 17, 2010

Right now, an estimated 5.3 million people are being denied the right to vote because of a felony conviction, many... Read more

Low-Income Voters Left in the Dust

By Estelle Rogers December 14, 2010

The 2010 election has come and gone, and we are reminded once again that literally thousands of would-be voters were... Read more

Newly Elected Minnesota Legislators Announce Intent to make Voting More Difficult

By Anthony Balady December 10, 2010

Minnesota has some of the most progressive voter registration laws in the country, laws like same day registration and vouching,... Read more

“Needless Brouhaha” Over Registering New Citizens to Vote in Texas

By Erin Ferns Lee December 9, 2010

A new Texas county registrar and alleged Tea Party sympathizer recently raised some eyebrows over his effort to halt voter... Read more

Voter Fraud Myth Drives Voter ID Issue Into 2011

By PV Admin December 6, 2010

“There’s this idea that dozens of people are coming to polling places every hour claiming to be someone else,” said... Read more

The Silent Majority: How False Mandates May Lead to Regressive Laws

By Anthony Balady December 3, 2010

The people spoke on November 2, say conservatives who made gains in the House and Senate. However, all this talk... Read more

Non-Voters Were the Majority in 2010, Says New Study

By PV Admin November 24, 2010

“It is fair to say that 2010 was the year of older, rich people.” That’s the conclusion of a new... Read more

Upcoming Analysis Finds 2010 Electorate is “Old, White, Rich and Republican”

By PV Admin November 22, 2010

Today, McClatchy Newspapers gave a sneak peak of Project Vote’s exit poll analysis of the 2010 electorate. The study, which... Read more

Judge Rejects Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in Project Vote v. Long

By Anthony Balady November 19, 2010

On October 29, Judge Rebecca Smith of the Eastern District of Virginia rejected the defendants’ motion to dismiss in Project... 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