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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

Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee September 24, 2011

Voting rights victories abound this week! On a national level, the cornerstone Voting Rights Act of 1965 was upheld by... Read more

Student Voter Fraud Probe Finds No Evidence of Illegal Voting

By Erin Ferns Lee September 22, 2011

A two-month long voter fraud investigation in Maine concludes with no evidence of illegal voting by the 206 students that... Read more

Colorado Election Official Stands Up for Voters

By PV Admin September 20, 2011

It takes moxie for a lowly election official to stand up to the secretary of state, but that’s just what... Read more

Illinois County Clerk Says Voter ID Laws are Based on Falsehoods

By Project Vote September 19, 2011

Cook County, Ill. clerk, David Orr warns against the fine line between protecting and preventing democracy when it comes to... Read more

Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee September 16, 2011

The Republican effort to make it harder for certain people to vote–particularly the new voters that turned out in 2008–was... Read more

New Restrictive Laws Block the Youth Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee September 15, 2011

The recent effort to make it harder for Americans to vote in 2012 hits the youth populations in Wisconsin and... Read more

Tenn. Photo ID May Impose Undue Hardship on Voters, Says Senator

By Erin Ferns Lee September 13, 2011

Photo ID laws have been scrutinized on the state and federal levels for disenfranchising certain voters in an effort to... Read more

Voting Rights News Roundup

By Erin Ferns Lee September 9, 2011

Election season is already underway with the nation talking about the state of voting rights. The War on Voting that... Read more

Barriers to the Ballot Addressed in Congressional Hearing

By Erin Ferns Lee September 8, 2011

Members of Congress are holding a hearing today, asking whether the slew of new, partisan-pushed voting laws were creating “barriers... Read more

Partisans and Advocates Battle Over Voting Rights

By Erin Ferns Lee September 1, 2011

The “War on Voting”–the partisan-fueled campaign to enact laws to restrict access to the ballot–has received significant attention in the... Read more