The mission of the Voter Participation Program is to increase voter participation among historically disenfranchised communities. For over 20 years, Project Vote has developed and run large-scale voter registration drives and Get Out the Vote programs that placed paid canvassers—occasionally volunteers—of local community organizations in high traffic sites in neighborhoods of color.
Currently, Project Vote fulfills this mission by providing specialized technical help to partner organizations and nonprofit service providers who want to run voter engagement efforts within their constituencies, and by contributing leadership, knowledge, and critical infrastructure to the civic engagement sector.
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Will Section 5 Survive the Supreme Court?
Anyone who cares about voting rights is watching the Supreme Court today, as it hears a case about Section 5... Read more
Early Voting Hours Stay in Five Florida Counties; Go Strong in Other States
Early voting has proven popular in recent elections and as a result, lawmakers have attempted to reduce its power at... Read more
New Census Report Shows Voter Participation Trends in U.S.
Recent U.S. census data, culled from a survey of 50,000 households, underscores a lot of the patterns that election-watchers have... Read more
Polling Place Cutbacks Could Impact Vote, 100 Polls to Close in Omaha
Cross-posted at AlterNet As in real estate, when it comes to polling places the three most important factors are location,... Read more
Questions on Voting
Some of you have asked us how to check if you are registered to vote, if you are eligible to... Read more
Upcoming Analysis Finds 2010 Electorate is “Old, White, Rich and Republican”
Today, McClatchy Newspapers gave a sneak peak of Project Vote’s exit poll analysis of the 2010 electorate. The study, which... Read more
NY Times Examines More Midterm Election Myths
New York Times writer, Michael Cooper examines the myths that plague midterm election analyses, particularly regarding voter’s views on “Big... Read more
WaPo:’Who Will Vote’ Today? Youth?
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne writes on the “unprecedented gap between the entire potential electorate and those who intend to... Read more
Debunking the Tea Party’s Election Night Message
Experts are predicting major Democrat losses in 2010’s midterm elections, and pundits are already saying that this year’s unusually competitive... Read more