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ELECTION 2008: ACORN Lawyer Says Nuts to You
Brian Mellor didn't intend to be a criminal defense lawyer when he went to law school some 28 years ago. Read more
Indiana Poised to Prevent Voting by Hundreds of Residents Who Used 2004 Registration Forms
Drametra Brown is just one of the hundreds of eligible Indiana voters who may not be allowed to cast a ballot that counts in tomorrow’s historic election. Read more
Project Vote Lawsuit in Indiana Helps Hundreds of Voters Get Back on the Rolls
In a victory for voting rights, Marion County, Indiana has agreed that 200 Indiana residents will not be blocked from casting a ballot tomorrow. The County was about to drop these voters just because they registered to vote using an older registration form. Read more
Project Vote Takes Legal Action to Protect 86,000 St. Louis Voters
On Wednesday Project Vote joined two private attorneys in filing suit against the St. Louis County board of elections, demanding that they take steps to prevent some 86,000 St. Louis residents from being wrongly and illegally prevented from casting a ballot on Election Day. Read more
Election Watchdogs Gird for Problems Tuesday
Although state election officials say they’ve got it covered, election watchdogs are warning that a potentially volatile concoction of new voters, wayward poll workers, fickle voting equipment and Mother Nature could boil over Tuesday and threaten the integrity of the results across the country. Read more
Voter Suppression Is Already an Issue As Americans Set Record For Early Voting
Record numbers of Americans voting early spotlight how enthusiastic they are about democracy. Voter energy is in stark contrast to today’s backdrop of efforts by partisan operatives to discourage the turnout of new voters… Read more
Law Enforcement Used to Suppress the Vote: It happened in 2004 & 2006, and may be happening in 2008
n the 2008 election Americans may once again be seeing law enforcement turned into a tool of voter suppression. Read more
Voting Rights Advocates Ask, Why Won’t Jackson County Help?
The voting rights groups Project Vote and the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) are working to make sure every eligible Missourian gets on the voter rolls, but boards of elections may be preventing eligible voters from voting in next week’s elections by hampering the efforts of groups to obtain lists of people who tried to register with the boards but whose applications were rejected. Read more
Federal Court: Ohio State Officials Responsible for Implementing National Voter Registration Laws
According to a unanimous federal appeals court decision, the state of Ohio may no longer shirk its responsibility to ensure that low-income citizens are offered the opportunity to register to vote, as required by federal law. Read more
Project Vote Responds to Misleading NY Times Story About Voter Registration Numbers
An article appeared in the October 24 New York Times that misrepresents comments made by Project Vote about the total number of registrations gathered through the organization’s joint voter registration drive with the community organization ACORN. Today Project Vote issued the following statement in response: Read more