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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

Voting Rights Groups Urge Michigan Secretary of State to Ban Citizenship Checkbox

By Erin Ferns Lee September 4, 2012

Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson’s “citizenship checkbox” on voter applications are confusing, inconsistently implemented, and may be used to... Read more

Ohio’s Early Voting Days are Good for Democracy

By Project Vote August 31, 2012

Today, a federal district court in Ohio in Obama for America v. Husted ordered the state not to enforce a... Read more

Ohio Election Officials Fired for Keeping Early Voting Hours

By Erin Ferns Lee August 28, 2012

Last week, two Montgomery County, Ohio election officials made headlines when they voted to keep weekend early voting hours against... Read more

It is Harder to Vote in America than it was in 2008

By Project Vote August 27, 2012

Voting has become more difficult in the last four years, says a new report from the nonprofit voting rights organization... Read more

Voter Advocates, Medina County Board of Elections Urge Reinstating Weekend Early Voting in Ohio

By Project Vote August 24, 2012

Voting rights advocates including Common Cause, Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates, and Project Vote (full list below) praise the Medina County... Read more

It’s the law: states must offer voter registration

By Sarah Massey August 23, 2012

In response to Bloomberg report, “Swing-State Aid Agencies Denying Voter Signups Draw Suits” by Kathy Warbelow and Sophia Pearson, we... Read more

Ohio Early Voting Fight Continues

By Erin Ferns Lee August 20, 2012

On Friday, two Montgomery County, Ohio election board officials bucked Secretary of State Jon Husted’s statewide directive to ban early... Read more

Early Voting Days are Good for Democracy

By Project Vote August 17, 2012

Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Florida failed to prove that its reduction in... Read more

Judge Upholds Voter Registration Decision in Texas

By Erin Ferns Lee August 14, 2012

Today U.S. District Court Judge Gregg Costa upheld his earlier opinion in favor of plaintiff Project Vote and its affiliate... Read more

Another Battleground State Plans Questionable Voter Roll Cleanup

By Erin Ferns Lee August 10, 2012

Kicking masses of voters off the rolls before the November election appears to be a troubling trend in battleground states.... Read more