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

Federal Court Revisits Restrictive Arizona Voter Registration Law

By Project Vote June 21, 2011

Arizona’s “proof-of-citizenship” voter registration law is being revisited in a federal court. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit... Read more

Civil Rights Groups Ask Justice Department to Block Discriminatory Fla. Law

By Project Vote June 21, 2011

Project Vote has joined the ACLU Voting Rights Project and the Florida ACLU in asking the Department of Justice to... Read more

Partisan Politics Lead Voter Suppression Debates

By Erin Ferns Lee June 20, 2011

As game-changing election bills glide through the state legislatures just before the 2012 elections, accusations of voter suppression tactics in... Read more

Election Reform Used to Attack Access to the Ballot

By Erin Ferns Lee June 13, 2011

Georgia Logothetis at Daily Kos writes how state lawmakers are “Using Election Reform to Decrease Turnout,” including laws to tighten... Read more

Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law

By PV Admin June 7, 2011

Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Speak Out Against Regressive Election Bills in Ohio

By PV Admin June 7, 2011

Today, Project Vote joined more than 40 civil rights, labor, and youth organizations in protest of proposed election bills that... Read more

Election Day Registration Up for Debate in California and Maine

By PV Admin June 6, 2011

The opportunity to register to vote and cast a ballot on the most politically charged day of the year–Election Day–is... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Sue Georgia for Neglecting Voting Rights of Low-Income Residents

By Project Vote June 6, 2011

A voting rights coalition filed suit today against Georgia state officials to remedy the state’s failure to provide voter registration... Read more

Project Vote and ACLU Sue to Block Suppressive Florida Bill

By PV Admin June 3, 2011

Today Project Vote is pleased to join the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLUFL) in filing a lawsuit in... Read more

Texas Gov. Signs Voter ID into Law

By Michael McDunnah May 27, 2011

This morning, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed SB 14, which will institute strict photo-ID requirements for anyone wishing to vote... Read more