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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Fighting for Democracy vs. Fighting the Spread of Democracy
With a constant barrage of allegations against voter registration organizations coming from the McCain-Palin campaign and the Republican National Committee in recent weeks, it’s worthwhile to take a look back at this ongoing war between partisan forces and community based voter registration drives... Read more
Project Vote asks WI for Clarification on the Eligibility of Former Felons to Help Register Voters
In response to “accusations” by the Republican National Committee that voter registration drives in Milwaukee had employed former felons to help collect voter registration applications, Project Vote today sent a letter to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board seeking clarification of apparently conflicting legal guidelines regarding whether former felons are in fact allowed to help register voters. Read more
Project Vote and ACORN Set the Record Straight About Successful 2008 Voter Registration Drive
On Friday Project Vote and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) held a news conference to discuss the importance of voter registration and to respond to partisan allegations of fraudulent registrations. Read more
Project Vote and ACORN Announce Completion of Historic Voter Registration Drive
Yesterday, as voter registration deadlines passed in most states, Project Vote, the nation’s leading nonpartisan voter participation organization, and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the country’s largest community organization, announced the completion of a joint nonpartisan voter registration drive, which has succeeded in collecting over 1.3 million voter registration applications. Read more
Project Vote’s Youth Registration Efforts a Success
A national effort to increase Election Day participation among young voters was a success in Springfield, Mass. this week, according to an abc40 report. Read more
Super Voter Turnout on Super Tuesday
On Tuesday, February 5, record numbers of Americans participated in primaries and caucuses in 24 states. A significant number of these voters were young voters or voters of color, two groups that have had historically low voting rates. Read more
New Project Vote Report Shows that Minorities in Kentucky are Closing the Voting Gap
How elections are won and lost begin with which eligible Americans are engaged in the process. A new report released today by Project Vote highlights the importance of voter registration programs in lower income, youth, and minority communities. Read more
Fewer Than Half of Eligible Minority and Low-Income Americans Voted in 2006, New Report Shows
Project Vote releases a report today, “Representational Bias in the 2006 Electorate,” that finds a continuing problem with the U.S. electorate: those who are registered and vote are not representative of the overall U.S. population eligible to vote. Read more
Free Speech Blocked at Bus Stops: ACLU Challenges MTA Ban Against ACORN
Calling a Maryland Transit Administration regulation an unconstitutional restriction on First Amendment freedoms, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland today took the MTA to court to get the rule stricken. Read more