Media Inquiries

Project Vote is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes voting in low-income and minority communities. With offices in Washington, DC, and Little Rock, AR, Project Vote’s staff are experts in the fields of voting rights, election law and large-scale voter contact programs.

Members of the media interested in reporting on Project Vote, general voter registration issues, election law and policy, and registration and voting trends among low-income or minority Americans should contact Michael Slater, Project Vote’s deputy director. Michael can be reached by cell phone at (501) 247-7508 and by email at "deputydirect" at "projectvote.org."

Highlighted News Coverage

2006 Voter Analysis 

The Caucus, Political Blogging From The New York Times, Oct 11, 2007 By Ariel Alexovich

“Most Americans aren’t older wealthy white people with multiple diplomas, but a glance at the demographic data of active voters in the 2006 midterm elections may make you believe so. … Young people, especially young minority males, were disproportionately underrepresented, according to a new report released today by the nonprofit group Project Vote.”

The Cost of a GOP Myth 

Washington Post, May 16, 2007 By Harold Meyerson

“… the voter-rights program Project Vote makes unmistakably clear, the government’s failure to prosecute or convict more than a handful of people for voter fraud isn’t for lack of trying. Since 2002, the Justice Department’s Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Initiative has, as Gonzales put it, ‘made enforcement of election fraud and corruption offenses a top priority.’”

News Releases

All of Project Vote’s recent news releases may be found here.

Reports and Analysis

• Unequal Access: Neglecting the National Voter Registration Act, 1995-2007. February 11, 2007.
• “Super Tuesday” Exit Poll Findings for Five States Show Young, African-American and Latino Voters Surging. February 5, 2008.

• Ohio Votes: Civic Engagement in the Buckeye State, 2002-2006. January 2008.

• Investigating Voting Rights in Colorado: An Assessment of Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act in Public Assistance Agencies. January 2008.

• Representational Bias in the 2006 Electorate. October 2007.

• Caging Democracy: A 50-Year History of Partisan Challenges to Minority Voters. September 2007.

• Politics of Voter Fraud. Loraine Minnite, Ph.D. March 5, 2007.

More Information About Project Vote

• About Project Vote
• Election Administration Program
• NVRA Implementation Project