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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Mich. House approves bills to tighten voting laws

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The Republican-led Michigan House passed several measures Tuesday aimed at tightening state election laws that backers say would protect against voter fraud and critics counter would create obstacles to voting. Read more

Hearing resumes in voter registration group’s suit

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The national nonpartisan, nonprofit group Project Vote wants U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa to stop, at least temporarily, election law provisions regulating large-scale, community-based voter registration efforts. Read more

Ex-Gov. White says state voter laws flawed

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Voter registration restrictions imposed by the Texas Legislature last session are unnecessary and make it more difficult to register voters, former Texas Gov. Mark White testified Tuesday. Read more

Voter advocates say Texas law impedes registration

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Provisions violate the National Voter Registration Act and the U.S. Constitution and make efficient large-scale registration drives impossible while doing nothing to prevent real fraud, Slater testified. Read more

Volunteer says Texas voter laws cause fear of prosecution

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"We could not do a voter drive in Texas because it is inevitable that people will have incomplete applications," said Michael Slater, Project Vote executive director. Read more

VIDEO: Voting Rights Groups Blast Florida’s Election Rolls Purge Of Suspected Non-Citizens

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Letters have already been mailed out to 2,600 Florida residents informing them they may be ineligible to vote. Read more

One woman’s experience in Florida’s targeting of noncitizen voters

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She's the prototypical Tampa Bay resident in many ways, but the State of Florida falsely accused her of not being a U.S. citizen. Read more

Voter Purge, Minority Voting Rights Flashpoints Of New Showdown In Florida

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Florida officials made it clear Friday that the state will continue to purge as many as 182,000 suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls -- despite a coalition's call to stop the process or prepare for court. Read more

Groups call on Florida to halt voter purge

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Six civil rights and voting rights organizations sent a letter Thursday to Secretary of State Ken Detzner asking him to stop the purge or he will risk a lawsuit. Read more

Voting Rights Organizations Send Notice to Florida: Stop Purging Voters

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oday, a coaliton of civil and voting rights organizations sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, alerting him that Florida’s plan to identify and remove alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls violates federal law and must cease immediately. Read more