Voting Matters Blog

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

Public Agencies Show Significant Gains in Voter Registration After Lawsuits

By Project Vote July 23, 2013

Hundreds of thousands of low-income citizens in Ohio and Indiana applied to register to vote, or updated their existing registrations,... Read more

Senate Hearing Highlights Historical Importance of Voting Rights Act

By Kwame Akosah July 19, 2013

On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony that highlighted the historical, moral, and political importance of Section 5 of the... Read more

Registration Rates of Low-Income Citizens Improve after Lawsuits

By Project Vote July 17, 2013

Thousands of low-income citizens in Louisiana and Georgia have recently applied to register to vote at public agency offices, according to... Read more

New Louisiana Election Law Singles Out Low-Income Citizens

By Kwame Akosah July 3, 2013

Last month, the Louisiana legislature amended its election code with Act 383, sponsored by Rep. Tim Burns (R). The new... Read more

Project Vote Releases Policy Paper on Permanent Portable Voter Registration

By Project Vote July 2, 2013

Continuing in our Issues in Election Administration series, today Project Vote is releasing a new policy paper on Permanent Portable... Read more

VRA Decision Unleashes Voter Suppression Laws

By Michael Carrah July 1, 2013

Last week’s Voting Rights Act ruling by the United States Supreme Court marked a significant setback for democracy. The detrimental... Read more

Post-racial and Post-Section 4

By Project Vote June 28, 2013

At the signing of the 2006 reauthorization of the VRA, after its unanimous approval by the Senate, George W. Bush... Read more

Voting Rights Act Ruling a Setback for Our Great Democracy

By Project Vote June 25, 2013

  Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Shelby County v. Holder, ruling that Section... Read more

New Policy Paper Examines Same Day Registration

By Michael Slater June 21, 2013

Project Vote is pleased to release the next installment in our Issues in Election Administration policy-paper series, Same Day Registration.... Read more

Election Administration Commission Will Hold Public Meeting Friday

By Erin Ferns Lee June 20, 2013

The President’s Commission on Election Administration’s (PCEA) first public meeting will be held Friday, June 21, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.... Read more