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Advocacy

Project Vote Testifies Against Call for Potentially Illegal Voter Purge
By Project Vote April 24, 2017

A “conservative legal watchdog group” has targeted Maryland’s largest county in its latest effort to force election officials to purge... Read more

Staff Posts

Matt Masterson is 50 Percent Correct
By Michael Slater April 14, 2017

The EAC chair is right: There is very little voter fraud in America, but he’s far off base in claiming that evidence of voter suppression is “virtually non-existent.” Read more

In the States

The Responsible Way to Increase Voter Access: Same Day Registration
By Brian McWalters April 13, 2017

Same day registration is known to boost voter turnout and keep voter rolls clean. Why aren't more states passing and implementing SDR laws? Read more

Blog Filters

Shelby County and the Power of the SCOTUS Swing Vote

By Emily Hoyle June 25, 2015

Two years ago today, the Supreme Court delivered a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County... Read more

Project Vote Urges Lawmakers to Support New Voting Rights Bill

By Erin Ferns Lee June 24, 2015

Project Vote submitted a letter today to urge members of Congress to support the Voting Rights Advancement Act Read more

Mass. and Va. Adopt Beneficial Voting Policies This Week

By Erin Ferns Lee June 24, 2015

Massachusetts and Virginia adopted policies that would make voter registration and voting accessible to more citizens this week. Read more

Voting Rights Advocates Settle Long-Running Voter Registration Suit

By Project Vote June 17, 2015

MassHealth, EOHHS, and SOC Agree To Remedy NVRA Compliance Problems Read more

Florida Adopts Online Registration, Effective 2017

By Erin Ferns Lee May 30, 2015

Florida now joins more than two-dozen other states in offering the opportunity to register to vote online. Read more

Texas Fails to Help Citizens Register to Vote Under Law

By Sarah Brannon May 27, 2015

Today, a pre-litigation notice letter was sent to the Texas Secretary of State on behalf of a number of Texas citizens. Read more

It’s About Time

By Estelle Rogers May 21, 2015

On the eve of her retirement, Project Vote Legislative Director Estelle Rogers reflects on her time—and time itself—in the progressive movement. Read more

Voter Registrations Drop Sharply at N.C. Public Assistance Agencies

By Project Vote May 8, 2015

According to a notice letter sent today, voter registration applications initiated at public assistance agencies have dropped dramatically since Gov. Pat McCrory took office. Read more

Voter Registration Law Helps Close Disparities in Voter Turnout

By Keir Lamont April 11, 2015

A recent article in Bloomberg View highlights some of work conducted by Project Vote and our partners to further the implementation and goals of the NVRA. Read more

The Promise of Democracy

By Jennifer Jacquot-DeVries April 8, 2015

Every now and again, we find hard evidence that voter turnout really, truly matters... Read more