Yesterday, Project Vote and the League of Women Voters of Virginia called on Governor Bob McDonnell to veto SB 1008, a piece of legislation that could have a disastrous impact on community voter registration drives in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Read more
UPDATE: On Thursday, February 28 the House Committee on Elections and Apportionment amended HB 1311 removing the provision addressing nonresident... Read more
Press Statement from League of Women Voters of Virginia and Project Vote: Introduced earlier this month, Virginia House Bill 1747/Senate... Read more
Introduced earlier this month, Virginia House Bill 1747/Senate Bill 1008 could severely undermine the right of Virginia’s citizens to vote. Read more
Young people are historically less likely to vote than the general electorate. Recent elections, however, have shown a remarkable increase... Read more
Texas' restrictions on voter registration drives matter. And legal challenges to these are more than just academic exercises in social theory. Read more
More than 12 million Latinos are expected to vote in this election, which is a record. Read more
Officials aligned with Project Vote, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focusing on minority voters, told reporters during a conference call today that they expected the number of Hispanics who will vote this year to increase 21 percent from 2008. Read more
In a major victory for voting rights, today U.S. District Court Judge Gregg Costa ruled in favor of plaintiff Project Vote and its affiliate in Voting for America v Andrade and ordered the state of Texas to stop enforcing certain laws that restrict voter registration drives. Read more
"We could not do a voter drive in Texas because it is inevitable that people will have incomplete applications," said Michael Slater, Project Vote executive director. Read more