Category: Public Agency Registration

Georgia Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Public Assistance Clients

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Project Vote and partners put Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on notice today for failing to comply with a... Read more

Shifting the Focus to Improving Voter Registration Access, Not Inhibiting It

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In a democracy that can only boast that 71 percent of its citizens are registered and able to exercise their... Read more

Louisiana Defaulting on Federal Obligation to Register Low-Income Residents

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Today, Project Vote, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and New Orleans attorney Ronald Wilson put Louisiana Secretary... Read more

LWV Joins Forces to Bring Voter Registration Opportunities to Low-Income Arizonans

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Earlier this year, the League of Women Voters and Project Vote teamed up to find that, despite intervention from the... Read more

League of Women Voters and Advocates Urge Arizona to Follow Federal Voter Registration Law

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In 2008, the Department of Justice found substantial non-compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act–which requires states... Read more

The Nation: Fight Tea Party Voters with Fresh Voters

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Until recently, it was a “lonely fight” by voting rights groups to implement the National Voter Registration Act at public... Read more

Celebrating Women’s Suffrage Brings Another Election Issue to Light

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Next week marks the 90th anniversary of the American woman’s right to vote. Since the passage of the 19th amendment,... Read more

NY Times: DOJ Enforcement of Federal Law Could Bring Millions to the Voter Rolls

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Fifteen years ago, Congress enacted the National Voter Registration Act, also known as “Motor Voter” law, to help facilitate and... Read more

Voter Registration Among Low-Income Ohioans Increases Ten-Fold

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Voter registration among low-income Ohio citizens has increased ten-fold, following a court settlement to bring the state into compliance with... Read more

KSFX: NVRA Enforcement Enfranchises a Quarter Million Low Income Missourians

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Missouri broadcast news source, KSFX – Ozarks Fox, reported on the “skyrocketing” registration rates of the state’s low income citizens.... Read more