One-Stop Democracy
Same Day Registration (SDR) allows eligible voters to register to vote and cast their ballots on the same day.
Depending on the state, this one-stop process for registering and voting may be offered on Election Day, during the early voting period, or both. Eligible voters can also use Same Day Registration to correct an outdated voter registration record and cast a ballot that will be counted.
Project Vote is working to advance this common-sense reform, which has the potential to increase participation particularly among underrepresented young people, low-income Americans, and persons of color.
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Thousands of Mainers Support Election Day Registration
About 68,000 Mainers signed a petition to reinstate a 38-year-old election policy that has been credited for putting Maine on... Read more
Election Reform Used to Attack Access to the Ballot
Georgia Logothetis at Daily Kos writes how state lawmakers are “Using Election Reform to Decrease Turnout,” including laws to tighten... Read more
Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law
Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more
Election Day Registration Up for Debate in California and Maine
The opportunity to register to vote and cast a ballot on the most politically charged day of the year–Election Day–is... Read more
American Prospect: Voting Rights Experts Assess Wis. Election Bill
In his article on The American Prospect’s website today, Alexander Zaitchik quotes Project Vote Research Director Lorraine Minnite and other... Read more
N.H. Republicans Don’t Think Young People Should Vote
Young people “lack life experience,” are “foolish,” vote “as a liberal,” and “just vote their feelings,” apparently, all reasons to... Read more
Shifting the Focus to Improving Voter Registration Access, Not Inhibiting It
In a democracy that can only boast that 71 percent of its citizens are registered and able to exercise their... Read more
Newly Elected Minnesota Legislators Announce Intent to make Voting More Difficult
Minnesota has some of the most progressive voter registration laws in the country, laws like same day registration and vouching,... Read more
Early Voting Reduces Turnout, Unless Combined with Same-Day Registration
Rising early voting participation in recent election cycles has decreased voter turnout in general, putting Election Day on the fast... Read more
Archaic Voter Registration Procedures Leave Citizens Behind
Access to voter registration—the basis of democratic participation—is still limited in the 21st century by overly restrictive, “horse-and-buggy” laws across... Read more