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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Group Looks to SCOTUS to Stop Voter Registration Laws
Project Vote filed an emergency appeal with the nation’s highest court, hoping it will overturn an appellate court’s decision it says hinders voter registration in Texas. Read more
Voter Purge Settlement Protects Right to Vote for Florida Voters
Under a settlement agreement announced today, Florida will reverse the effects of an illegal purge program that resulted in many eligible voters being purged from the rolls. Read more
Arcia et al. v. Detzner: Settlement
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Florida Essentially Gives Up on Voter Purge Efforts
The state of Florida has backed down in their attempts to purge voter-rolls of suspected non-citizens. Read more
Three ways the GOP has disenfranchised voters
What follows are three ways Republicans have already impacted voting in 2012. Read more
Vote Changes Spark Duel: Campaigns Battle Over Extended Ballot Season, ID Laws
A series of political and legal changes to U.S. voting practices is sparking an important struggle this election season to determine who exactly will cast votes. Read more
Voter Suppression: The Confederacy Rises Again
Eight of eleven states in the former Confederacy have passed restrictive voting laws since the 2010 election, as part of a broader war on voting undertaken by the GOP. Read more
Poll Vaulting: As November Looms, States Still Battling over Voter ID Laws
A wave of lawsuits and state legislation could affect whether potential voters will be heard in November’s elections… Read more
Ohio’s Early Voting Days are Good for Democracy
Today, a federal district court in Ohio in Obama for America v. Husted ordered the state not to enforce a new law barring early voting on the weekend before Election Day, thus restoring in-person voting on the three days immediately preceding Election Day for all eligible Ohio voters. Read more
It is Harder to Vote in America than it was in 2008
Voting has become more difficult in the last four years, says a new report from the nonprofit voting rights organization Project Vote. Read more