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

NY Times Examines More Midterm Election Myths

By PV Admin November 5, 2010

New York Times writer, Michael Cooper examines the myths that plague midterm election analyses, particularly regarding voter’s views on “Big... Read more

Voter ID Adopted in Oklahoma, Debuted in Idaho on Tuesday

By Erin Ferns Lee November 4, 2010

Oklahoma voters will soon be required to show ID when heading to the polls after July 2011, thanks to a... Read more

WaPo:’Who Will Vote’ Today? Youth?

By PV Admin November 2, 2010

Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne writes on the “unprecedented gap between the entire potential electorate and those who intend to... Read more

What to Remember While Watching Election Results Tonight

By PV Admin November 2, 2010

Laura Flanders at the Nation writes on the canned, conservative post-election message that will say today’s turnout is indicative of... Read more

Get Your Voter Info!

By PV Admin October 30, 2010

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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

Debunking the Tea Party’s Election Night Message

By Steven Rosenfeld October 27, 2010

Experts are predicting major Democrat losses in 2010’s midterm elections, and pundits are already saying that this year’s unusually competitive... Read more

Voter Groups Go to Court to Fight for Voting Rights of High School Students in New Jersey

By PV Admin October 27, 2010

TRENTON–The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Project Vote, and the Fair Elections Legal Network submitted a brief seeking... 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

Restrictive Voter Registration Law Struck Down in Arizona

By PV Admin October 26, 2010

A notoriously restrictive voter registration law was struck down in Arizona today after the United States Court of Appeals for... Read more