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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

Wisconsin Governor Signs Voter ID Law

By Project Vote May 25, 2011

Today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed into law a Republican-sponsored bill that requires voters to show photo ID at the... Read more

Florida’s New Law a Major Step Backwards for Voting Rights

By Estelle Rogers May 25, 2011

Last week, Governor Rick Scott of Florida signed a bill (HB 1355/S 2086) that will make it next to impossible... Read more

FoxNews Cites Project Vote Study to Discuss Importance of the Senior Vote

By PV Admin May 23, 2011

On Friday, in an editorial on FoxNews.com, Democratic pollster and strategist Douglas E. Schoen discussed the decisive role voters over... Read more

RI Senate Passes Voter ID

By PV Admin May 13, 2011

The Rhode Island senate has passed a bill that would require all voters to show photo ID at the polls,... Read more

American Prospect: Voting Rights Experts Assess Wis. Election Bill

By PV Admin May 4, 2011

In his article on The American Prospect’s website today, Alexander Zaitchik quotes Project Vote Research Director Lorraine Minnite and other... Read more

Project Vote Intervention Results in Surge in Public Agency Registrations in Colo.

By Michael McDunnah April 27, 2011

In the past we’ve told you about lawsuits Project Vote and our partners have brought in several states to enforce... Read more

ACLU and Rutgers School of Law Sue NJ for Election-Day Registration

By Michael McDunnah April 27, 2011

Last week the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), the Rutgers School of Law-Newark Constitutional Litigation Clinic, and... Read more

Arianna Huffington Cites Project Vote Research on the Dangers of Alienating First-Time Voters from 2008

By Michael McDunnah April 26, 2011

Today on The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington cites Project Vote’s recent research memo, First-Time Voters in the 2008 Election, to... Read more

Victory for Youth Voting in NJ

By Michael McDunnah April 25, 2011

In 1985 New Jersey Governor Tom Kean signed New Jersey’s High School Voter Registration Law (HSVRL), which mandated that schools... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Sue Louisiana for Neglecting Low-Income Residents

By Michael McDunnah April 20, 2011

Project Vote, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF), and New Orleans attorney Ronald Wilson have filed a complaint in... Read more