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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Testimony in support of the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011 (S. 1994) before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Project Vote submitted testimony to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding “Prohibiting the Use of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Tactics in Federal Elections: S. 1994” on July 26, 2012. Read more

Appeals court rules Virginia voter registration applications open for public inspection

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A voter advocacy group says a court ruling giving the public access to Virginia’s voter-registration applications has national implications. Read more

Project Vote hopes Governor Snyder will veto new voting regulations

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Patricia Selby with Project Vote says some of the changes could actually make it harder for organizations to help register voters. Read more

Voting Rights Organizations Challenge Florida Voter Purge Program

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Today, civil and voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit on behalf of Florida plaintiffs affected by Gov. Rick Scott's illegal voter purge program. Read more

Longtime voter’s eligibility questioned in Volusia

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Eileen Selis was born in Pennsylvania, and has voted in almost every presidential election since Dwight D. Eisenhower's re-election in 1956. But that hasn't stopped the state of Florida from questioning her right to vote. Read more

Civil Rights Groups File ‘Most Expansive’ Lawsuit Against Florida Over Voter Purging

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To date, dozens of Floridians and U.S. citizens have come forward stating that they were wrongly identified as “non-citizens” and are at risk of losing their right to vote. Read more

Voter advocates sue Fla. over purge

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“This program clearly is using faulty data to purge people from the rolls." Read more

More Lawsuits Over Florida Voter Purge

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Civil and voting rights organizations filed suit today alleging the purge violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans discrimination in voting practices. Read more

Voting Rights Coalition Files Suit Over Florida Voter Purge

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“This lawsuit will protect eligible voters in every county in Florida from walking into a polling place only to find that the state has erroneously decreed they cannot participate in this election,” Catherine M. Flanagan of Project Vote said. Read more

Voter groups file suit against state to stop non-citizen voter purge

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Voter groups and two Miami-Dade women who were wrongly targeted in the state’s non-citizen voter purge sued the state today in U.S. District Court in Miami. Read more