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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Three ways the GOP has disenfranchised voters

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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

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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

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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

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A wave of lawsuits and state legislation could affect whether potential voters will be heard in November’s elections… Read more

“A Lot Is At Stake:” Voting Rights Advocates Gear Up For Huge 2012 Battle

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Voting rights advocates are fighting on the front line of the voting wars. Read more

Secretary of State calls county BOE back to vote again after meeting turns angry over early voting

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Friday’s Board of Elections meeting featured shouts and cursing, as Democrat and Republican board members argued over new early-voting hours. Read more

How early voting changes in Ohio will hurt Democratic, black voters

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Civil rights groups, voting rights advocates, clergy and the state NAACP are among those protesting the restriction of early voting hours in the battleground state of Ohio. Read more

Obstacles abound in voter registration drives

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How restrictive Texas can be on these voter registration drives is the subject of a federal court case in Galveston. Read more

Judge denies state’s stay in voter registration case

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A federal judge in Galveston today denied the state’s request for a stay that would have allowed Texas to enforce several of its voter registration laws. Read more

Judge deliberating Texas voter registration law

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Galveston is ground zero in a battle over who can help register residents to vote, Read more