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

Charlotte Observer says no photo voter ID for North Carolina

By Sarah Massey March 13, 2012

The Charlotte Observer today offers up hard data on why photo voter IDs will create undue hurdles for citizens to... Read more

The Myth of the “Always Necessary” Photo ID

By Estelle Rogers March 12, 2012

Although the Justice Department has denied preclearance to restrictive voter ID laws in two states this year because they disproportionately... Read more

Project Vote Board Member Discusses Montana’s Take on Citizens United Decision

By Project Vote March 9, 2012

Project Vote board member Frank Askin–Distinguished Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers School... Read more

Wisconsin Voter ID Law Temporarily Blocked; Judge Calls it ‘Needless’

By Erin Ferns Lee March 6, 2012

Wisconsin voters will not need to show ID to vote in the April 3 primary and local general election, thanks... Read more

Justice Dept. Opposes Preclearance of Florida Registration Drive Restrictions

By Estelle Rogers March 5, 2012

Florida’s HB 1355, the notorious package of voting changes enacted last year, is being challenged on a number of fronts,... Read more

Anti-Voter Registration Law Scrutinized in Hearing Thursday

By Erin Ferns Lee March 2, 2012

The League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote, and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund made their case... Read more

New MI Voting Rule Surprises Voters, Possible VRA Violation

By Sarah Massey February 29, 2012

Michigan’s new ballot form, including a box to affirm citizenship status. At the Presidential Primary yesterday, Michigan voters were surprised... Read more

South Carolina Report Finds No Evidence Dead Voters

By Erin Ferns Lee February 23, 2012

An initial review of South Carolina’s allegedly dead voters has been released today, finding no evidence of voter fraud from... Read more

Federal Court Rules That N.M. Violated Voter Registration Law

By Project Vote February 22, 2012

The federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the State of New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) violated... Read more

Pew Report Exemplifies Need to Bring Voter Registration to the 21st Century

By Erin Ferns Lee February 14, 2012

New Pew Center on the State report, Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient, shows the need to modernize our voter registration system... Read more