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

St. Petersburg Times: Florida Legislature Cracking Down on Voting?

By PV Admin April 19, 2011

In today’s St. Petersburg Times, columnist Howard Troxler writes about how the Florida legislature is considering bills that seem to... Read more

Miami Herald: Republican-Sponsored Elections Bill “Reeks of Partisanship”

By Michael McDunnah April 14, 2011

Today in Florida, the House State Affairs Committee is taking up HB 1355, an omnibus election administration bill drafted by... Read more

New Research Memo Sheds Light on First-Time Voters

By PV Admin April 11, 2011

New voters played a decisive role in the 2008 election, according to a new research memorandum by Project Vote Research... Read more

Washington Post Looks at “GOP’s Voter ID Gambit”

By Michael McDunnah March 29, 2011

In today’s Washington Post, Aaron Blake looks at the GOP-driven move in many states to implement stringent voter ID requirements, ... Read more

Project Vote Opposes Unnecessary, Costly Voter ID Bill in Penn.

By Erin Ferns Lee March 21, 2011

A bill requiring voters to present government-issued, photo voter ID is being heard in a Pennsylvania House Committee today and Project Vote... Read more

DOJ Enforces the NVRA Against Rhode Island

By Niyati Shah March 18, 2011

Today the Department of Justice announced that a settlement has been reached in the first suit brought under the Obama... Read more

Voter Registration Access Under Attack in Texas

By PV Admin March 18, 2011

*Editor’s note: Details about the criminal provisions under HB 239 were corrected on March 21. Violations result in a Class... Read more

Public to Weigh in on North Carolina Voter ID Bill

By Erin Ferns Lee March 15, 2011

Today, North Carolinians will be able to weigh in on the much anticipated voter ID bill in the House Elections... Read more

Project Vote Board Member Writes on Historical Strategy to Attack Labor Rights

By PV Admin March 10, 2011

Project Vote board member, Rutgers professor of law, and guest columnist at the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Frank Askin wrote on... Read more

N.H. Republicans Don’t Think Young People Should Vote

By Erin Ferns Lee March 9, 2011

Young people “lack life experience,” are “foolish,” vote “as a liberal,” and “just vote their feelings,” apparently, all reasons to... Read more