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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Groups concerned over Ohio absentee ballot order

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Common Cause Ohio and Project Vote told reporters at a Tuesday news conference that the order will cause unnecessary delays and could possibly prevent votes from being counted. Read more

LULAC v. Harris County (Texas)

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Project Vote is challenging the discriminatory registration practices of the most populous county in Texas in League of United Latin... Read more

LULAC Files Action Against Harris County To Stop Discriminatory Practices Aimed at Preventing Minorities from Voting

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Today, LULAC filed suit against Harris County in Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas maintaining that Harris County officials wrongly rejected voter applications through discriminatory practices against Latino and African American applicants. Read more

States Deny Millions Of Ex-Felons Voting Rights

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Eric Bates has found himself among the approximately 5.8 million whose voting rights have been taken away because of a felony conviction. Read more

As Close of Voter Registration Looms, Project Vote Asks Summit County Board of Elections to Process Applications on Time

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Today, voting rights group Project Vote wrote to Joseph Masich, director of the Summit County Board of Elections, to express concern that voter registration applications were not being processed in a timely manner. Read more

A Recent History of GOP Voter Suppression in Florida

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The state of Florida has an unfortunate history of disenfranchising voters. Read more

Texas leads states in enacting voting restrictions

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The new laws enacted last year to govern registration and voter rolls and require photo ID have spawned numerous lawsuits. Read more

Risk of Disenfranchisement High for Ex-Felons

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One in 40 Americans stand to become disenfranchised even after they have served their time. Read more

Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Opinion

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion Read more

Macomb County won’t ask voters about their citizenship; Oakland County to use controversial forms

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Patricia Selby, election counsel for Project Vote, said the citizenship question adds "chaos and confusion" at the polls. Read more