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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

‘Motor Voter’ Registrations on the Rise

By Project Vote November 8, 2011

The rise in voter registrations coming from public-assistance agencies points to increased compliance with a 1993 federal election law. David... Read more

Time Magazine: When Voter Registration is a Crime

By Project Vote November 7, 2011

Another Florida high school teacher is facing a $1,000 fine for helping her students register to vote in violation of... Read more

Senator Asks for Federal Investigation of New Voting Laws

By Project Vote November 4, 2011

Voter ID and other restrictive voting laws may be subject to a federal investigation for voter suppression and voting rights... Read more

Reps. Request Hearing on Voter Suppression Laws

By Erin Ferns Lee October 31, 2011

Today, Congressional Democrats urged requested a hearing on how new state election laws are making it more difficult to vote.... Read more

St. Petersburg Times: Promoting Civic Involvement Shouldn’t Be a Crime

By PV Admin October 26, 2011

Earlier this week, we blogged about Jill Cicciarelli, a high school teacher in Florida who faced serious fines for helping 50... Read more

Election Reform Claims Don’t Pass Muster

By Estelle Rogers October 25, 2011

Remember that game where a message is passed from person to person (usually they’re girls, as I’ve observed), and the... Read more

New Election Law Blocks High School Voter Registration Drive

By Erin Ferns Lee October 24, 2011

A high school civics teacher in Florida may face thousands of dollars in fines for organizing a voter registration drive... Read more

Restrictive Voter Registration Proposal Considered in Michigan

By Estelle Rogers October 21, 2011

Senate Bill 754 is one of a series of bills introduced this year with the purpose of making it harder... Read more

Groups Protest Pennsylvania Voter ID Bill

By Erin Ferns Lee October 19, 2011

A coalition of civil rights groups urged the Pennsylvania state Senate to defeat a House-approved voter ID bill because it... Read more

Project Vote Joins Case Against Florida Voter Suppression Law

By Michael Slater October 19, 2011

Today, Project Vote and its affiliate, Voting for America, were given permission by the federal district court in Washington, DC,... Read more