Project Vote Testifies Against Call for Potentially Illegal Voter Purge
A “conservative legal watchdog group” has targeted Maryland’s largest county in its latest effort to force election officials to purge... Read more
Matt Masterson is 50 Percent Correct
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
The Responsible Way to Increase Voter Access: Same Day Registration
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
“DECC is a vital piece of the voter engagement infrastructure, and a critical bridge between engagement efforts and ongoing community organizing,” said Amy Busefink, deputy director of Project Vote. Read more
A new law in Utah will allow citizens aged 16 or 17 the opportunity to preregister to vote. Read more
An omnibus election bill that is moving through the Indiana legislature could pose a risk of intimidating student voters. Read more
Voter registration deadlines vary widely between different states. Twelve states currently provide Same Day Registration (SDR) which permits voters to... Read more
Today, the Voter Empowerment Act (VEA) was introduced in the House of Representatives. Estelle Rogers, legislative director for Project Vote,... Read more
Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and several others introduced the Democracy Restoration Act to “restore voting rights in federal elections... Read more
As America has become ever more digitally interconnected and additional routine tasks and functions are now being carried out over... Read more
Wonderful as the idea of a 50th anniversary weekend commemorating Bloody Sunday seemed, the risk was that it would only be a look backward. Connections needed to be made with what is going on now... Read more
On March 7 1965, over 500 civil rights activists led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams embarked on a march... Read more
Late Tuesday night, after binge-watching as many episodes of “House of Cards” as time permitted, I hastily grabbed a blanket... Read more