In a major victory for voting rights, today U.S. District Court Judge Gregg Costa ruled in favor of plaintiff Project... Read more
Order granting and denying in part motion for preliminary injunction Read more
A federal judge on Thursday granted a temporary injunction against five state provisions that affect voter registration in Texas. Read more
Today in Houston, Congressional Representatives Charles Gonzalez, Al Green, and Sheila Jackson Lee are holding a forum on voting rights.... Read more
The court heard about fears of voting fraud. It did not hear about voting fraud. Read more
Former Gov. Mark White has testified that voter registration restrictions approved by the 2011 Legislature are unnecessary and make it tougher to register voters. Read more
The national nonpartisan, nonprofit group Project Vote wants U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa to stop, at least temporarily, election law provisions regulating large-scale, community-based voter registration efforts. Read more
Voter registration restrictions imposed by the Texas Legislature last session are unnecessary and make it more difficult to register voters, former Texas Gov. Mark White testified Tuesday. Read more
Provisions violate the National Voter Registration Act and the U.S. Constitution and make efficient large-scale registration drives impossible while doing nothing to prevent real fraud, Slater testified. 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