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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

Where Voter ID is Required To Cast a Regular Ballot

By Sarah Massey March 29, 2013

Map by National Conference of State Legislatures via Washington Post Strict photo voter ID laws are popular in state legislatures.... Read more

The Nation on Anti-Voting Measures in 2013

By Erin Ferns Lee March 28, 2013

New voter suppression efforts prove the Voting Rights Act is still needed, said Ari Berman at The Nation today. Berman... Read more

Legislative Battles Over Voting Rights Continue in 2013

By Project Vote March 27, 2013

In a report released today, voting rights organization Project Vote analyzes all of the voting related bills introduced, passed, or... Read more

Bill Alert: SCOTUS Deliberates Over Arizona Voter Registration Law; Two States Introduce Similar Measures

By Erin Ferns Lee March 21, 2013

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court “heard arguments about whether states have the power under the federal law to... Read more

Florida Election Administration Bill Does Not Go Far Enough

By Erin Ferns Lee March 18, 2013

Today, members of the Florida Senate heard a bill that is supposed to address the long lines that affected Florida... Read more

NVRA Heads to Supreme Court: Join us 3/15, 2 PM ET for a Tweetchat

By Sarah Massey March 13, 2013

Next Monday, March 18, the Supreme Court will review the critical voting rights case, Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council, Inc... Read more

Reversing Voting Rights Protections is Laughable

By Sarah Massey March 6, 2013

This blog post should be categorized as sometimes I have to laugh or I will cry. Last week, the Supreme... Read more

Will Section 5 Survive the Supreme Court?

By Sarah Massey February 27, 2013

Anyone who cares about voting rights is watching the Supreme Court today, as it hears a case about Section 5... Read more

Restoring Voting Rights

By Sarah Massey February 25, 2013

In my experience, most Americans believe in second chances. Yet, in the voting rights world, we have a glaring contradiction.... Read more

Bill Alert: Missouri House Introduces Proof of Citizenship Bill

By Erin Ferns Lee February 21, 2013

The Missouri House has introduced yet another bill to make voting less accessible. Last week, the House adopted a bill... Read more