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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

What Kind of Year Has It Been for Election Laws?

By Project Vote October 6, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC — With Americans heading to the polls in just four weeks, a new report from voting rights group... Read more

What am I fighting for?

By Jennifer Jacquot-DeVries October 3, 2014

Another election year is upon us, and we are in the throes of finding the funds we need to get... Read more

On National Voter Registration Day, a Look at How States Restrict Voter Registration

By Michael Slater September 23, 2014

As we celebrate National Voter Registration Day, Project Vote is pleased to release the latest policy paper in our Issues... Read more

Study Finds 24,000 Transgender Citizens Could Be Blocked from Voting in November

By Erin Ferns Lee September 19, 2014

Battles over voter ID are raising concern across the nation just weeks away from the November 4 election. While Wisconsin implements... Read more

Navigator Organizations Prepare to Help People Access Health Care, Voter Registration

By Kate Bass September 18, 2014

The Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it was granting $60 million to Navigator organizations in... Read more

Training Prepares Community Groups to Help Citizens Register to Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee August 31, 2014

This summer, Project Vote has been helping state and national groups get their communities registered to vote by hosting trainings... Read more

Project Vote Releases New Policy Paper on Voter Registration Transparency

By Michael Slater August 15, 2014

Today, Project Vote is pleased to release the latest policy paper in our Issues in Election Administration series, Voter Registration... Read more

Arizona Public Agencies Once Again Failing to Comply with Voter Registration Law

By Michael Slater August 7, 2014

Just six years after Arizona was investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for failure to comply with Section... Read more

VRA Turns 49: Looking Back and Looking Forward at Voting Rights

By Estelle Rogers August 6, 2014

Forty-ninth anniversaries don’t usually garner much attention, but today a 49th anniversary—though filled with pathos—is worth commemorating. The Voting Rights... Read more

Training Prepares Community Groups to Help Citizens Register to Vote

By Rebekah Enoch August 4, 2014

North Carolina, home of the Tar Heels, Krispy Kreme Donuts, the stunning Outer Banks, and as Project Vote recently experienced, an... Read more