State: Texas

Voter Registration Access Under Attack in Texas

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*Editor’s note: Details about the criminal provisions under HB 239 were corrected on March 21. Violations result in a Class... Read more

Texas Public Assistance Agencies Failing to Offer Voter Registration

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Project Vote and our partners have been working for several years to ensure that public assistance agencies around the country... Read more

Notice Letter to Texas on NVRA Violations

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Pre-litigation notice Letter to the Texas Secretary of State concerning compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Read more

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

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

Tea Party, GOP Groups, Target Minorities for Voter Suppression Schemes

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As the hotly contested November election nears, it should be no surprise that voter intimidation and suppression schemes are ramping up too.  Even beyond the usual partisan pre-election hysteria, this year the Tea Party has made "voter fraud" a rallying cry. Read more

Texas Registrar Stifles Voter Registration Efforts

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Harris County, Texas has become latest battleground in the ongoing struggle over voter registration, and it appears the unregistered voters... Read more

The Sierra Club and Voting for America Announce Partnership to Help Register Young Americans in 2010

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Today the Sierra Club, America's oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization, and Voting for America, an affiliate of the voting rights nonprofit Project Vote, announced a new nonpartisan initiative to help over 50,000 students of community and four-year colleges in seven states register to vote for the 2010 election. Read more

Texas Automates Voter Registration at the Driver License Offices

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Another big state has taken steps to modernize voter registration at its motor vehicle offices. The Texas Department of Public... Read more

Voter ID is “a Lot to Have to Go Through for a Constitutional Right,” says Indiana Judge

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Although the 2008 presidential election showed unprecedented increases in turnout from underrepresented citizens, their rates of voter registration and participation... Read more

Project Vote and League of Women Voters Announce High School Registration Project

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The League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) and Project Vote are pleased to announce a major new initiative to... Read more