Year: 2011

DOJ Sues Louisiana to Comply with Federal Voter Registration Law

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The state of Louisiana is being challenged by the Justice Department for violating a federal election law that requires state... Read more

Reducing Early Voting Period Could Hurt Black Voters

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Frank Cerabino at the Palm Beach Post questions the impact of a seemingly innocuous early voting provision in a new... Read more

Project Vote Board Member Discusses Ariz. Campaign Finance Case

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In today’s Star-Ledger (NJ), Project Vote board member Frank Askin, Distinguished Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Constitutional... Read more

U.S. Senators Call Upon DOJ to Scrutinize Photo Voter ID Laws

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Today, members of the United States Senate urged Attorney General Eric Holder to review restrictive photo identification requirements under federal... Read more

Ohio Senate May Consider Photo ID Bill Tuesday; SOS Opposed to Measure

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The Ohio Senate may vote on photo ID bill, HB 159 tomorrow afternoon. The bill, as well as omnibus election... Read more

Photo ID Debate Continues in Ohio Senate Today

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Update, 10:55 a.m., PT: Photo ID bill HB 159 was recessed until a substitute bill is drafted. The committee will... Read more

Federal Court Revisits Restrictive Arizona Voter Registration Law

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Arizona’s “proof-of-citizenship” voter registration law is being revisited in a federal court. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit... Read more

Civil Rights Groups Ask Justice Department to Block Discriminatory Fla. Law

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Project Vote has joined the ACLU Voting Rights Project and the Florida ACLU in asking the Department of Justice to... Read more

Partisan Politics Lead Voter Suppression Debates

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As game-changing election bills glide through the state legislatures just before the 2012 elections, accusations of voter suppression tactics in... Read more

Election Reform Used to Attack Access to the Ballot

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Georgia Logothetis at Daily Kos writes how state lawmakers are “Using Election Reform to Decrease Turnout,” including laws to tighten... Read more