Election Administration

The Election Administration (EA) program was created to respond to ongoing problems that restrict Americans’ access to the democratic process. Project Vote’s team of experts works through research, litigation, advocacy, and field efforts to ensure that voter registration is accessible, effective, and enduring.

Right now, across the country and in all three branches of government, partisan battles are being fought over voter registration policies, voter list maintenance procedures, Election Day and early voting procedures, and other vital election administration issues that will shape the electorate in 2016 and beyond.

Project Vote’s Election Administration Program works to promote and protect policies that ensure that every eligible American can register, vote, and cast a ballot that counts. Our primary focuses are is on protecting registration drives from unnecessary restrictions; advocating for laws, policies, and procedures that remove barriers to registration and voting; and ensuring that list maintenance activities do not wrongly disenfranchise voters.

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Feds Seek Stay of Order in Voter Citizenship Case

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Federal election officials have asked a judge to temporarily suspend his own order that they help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring voters to prove their U.S. citizenship… Read more

Voter rights groups appeal ruling on documentation

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Voting rights groups filed an appeal Friday of a judge’s order that federal election officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring new voters to provide documentation proving their U.S. citizenship. Read more

Judge OKs Restrictive Voter Registration Process, Undermines Federal Voting Law

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Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren issued a ruling in Kris W. Kobach et al. v. United States Election Assistance Commission, stating that the EAC must fulfill requests from those states to print state-specific registration forms reflecting state proof-of-citizenship requirements. Read more

A Sad Day for Voting Rights: Senate Rejects Nominee for Top Civil Rights Lawyer

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This afternoon, the Senate voted to block the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Project Vote Legislative Director Estelle Rogers issued the following statement in response. Read more

Letter to Ohio Governor John Kasich Regarding SB 238 and SB 205

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On February 20, 2014, Project Vote wrote Ohio Governor John Kasich, urging him to veto election bills SB 205 and SB 238, which would affect early voting in the state. Read more

New PACs try to elect state election officials

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Thirty-nine states elect their secretary of State, and because the job includes overseeing the administration of elections, Republican and Democratic PACs have emerged to fight for control of the position. Read more

Senate Panel Reviews Bipartisan Report on Best Voting Practices

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The United States Senate Committee on Rules & Administration held a hearing today entitled “An Overview from the Presidential Commission... Read more

Judge to decide proof-of-citizenship voting rule

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A decision on whether states have a constitutional right to require proof-of-citizenship documentation for their residents who register to vote using a national form is now in the hands of a federal judge in a case with broad implications for voting rights. Read more

Voter Registration at Public Assistance Agencies

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This policy paper examines Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act, which requires public assistance agencies to also serve as voter registration agencies. The report reviews early legal challenges to implementation of Section 7; covers the history of noncompliance; and gives examples of what states can do to fulfill the promise of the NVRA. Read more

Yes, Mr. President, We Have to Fix That

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The Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA) issued its report on January 22, and it was a welcome surprise. Read more