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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

Advocates Ask Secretary Husted and Board of Elections Officials to Support Early Voting Hours

By PV Admin August 10, 2012

Yesterday, Secretary of State Jon Husted took a step towards improving voter access by announcing the availability of an online... Read more

A Word About Preclearance

By Estelle Rogers August 9, 2012

This week, we celebrated the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, often called the “crown jewel”... Read more

Michigan voters confused by unlawful citizenship checkbox on primary ballot

By Pat Selby August 7, 2012

Voting rights supporters applauded Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for vetoing three voter suppression bills the Legislature passed in June. Unfortunately,... Read more

Help Us Carry the Torch of the Voting Rights Act

By Project Vote August 6, 2012

Forty-seven years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The passage of this law marked... Read more

Victory for Voter Registration in Texas

By Project Vote August 2, 2012

In a major victory for voting rights, today U.S. District Court Judge Gregg Costa ruled in favor of plaintiff Project... Read more

Congressional Voting Rights Forum Held in Texas

By Sarah Massey July 30, 2012

Today in Houston, Congressional Representatives Charles Gonzalez, Al Green, and Sheila Jackson Lee are holding a forum on voting rights.... Read more

Republican Officials Acknowledge Voter Suppression Motives

By Erin Ferns Lee July 27, 2012

Voting rights advocates have long asserted that restrictive voting laws are only implemented for one reason: suppressing the votes of... Read more

UPDATE: Briefing on Enforcing Federal Election Law, Combatting Barriers to the Ballot

By Project Vote July 25, 2012

Today, Project Vote, Demos, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law went to Capitol Hill to hold two... Read more

TPM: No One is Trying to Register Dogs to Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee July 25, 2012

In what has been called “part of a blatant and ongoing partisan effort to keep people from voting,” Republican operatives... Read more

Congressional Briefing on Enforcing Federal Election Law, Combatting Barriers to the Ballot

By Project Vote July 24, 2012

A Congressional briefing will be held tomorrow, July 25, to discuss “The Importance of National Voter Registration Act Enforcement Amidst... Read more