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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

Oregon Legislature Sends Automatic Voter Registration Bill to Govenor

By Project Vote March 5, 2015

Today, the Oregon State Senate adopted HB 2177, a bill that would automatically register Oregonians to vote after they have... Read more

Latino Voters More Likely to Face Discrimination by Election Officials

By Keir Lamont March 3, 2015

A new article published in the American Political Science Review raises disturbing questions about the discrimination faced by minorities throughout... Read more

The EAC Commissioners Are Back

By Michelle Kanter Cohen February 28, 2015

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act in 2002 as a bipartisan commission charged... Read more

Shelby and Selma

By Estelle Rogers February 26, 2015

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New Research Memo Looks at Who in America Has Photo ID

By Michael Slater February 17, 2015

With voter ID a hot-button topic in state legislatures, Project Vote is pleased today to release a new research memo... Read more

In the Legislatures

By Estelle Rogers February 16, 2015

Most state legislatures have now convened or are about to. Project Vote tracks state legislative activity relating to election administration... Read more

Project Vote and Partners Move to Enforce “Motor Voter” in Calif.

By Project Vote February 5, 2015

Today, attorneys from Project Vote, Demos, the ACLU Foundation of San Diego, and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster... Read more

New Report Identifies Gaps in the American Electorate

By Michael Slater January 29, 2015

Today, Project Vote is pleased to release Representational Bias in the 2012 Electorate, a major new report that presents a... Read more

The Right to Vote Needs Defenders in High Places

By Estelle Rogers January 8, 2015

What does the secretary of state do, exactly? No, not John Kerry: the secretaries of state of the STATES. Well,... Read more

Highlights of 2014

By Project Vote January 7, 2015

Now that 2014 has come to a close, we’re looking back at what an eventful year it was! From our... Read more