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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

Early Voting Reduces Turnout, Unless Combined with Same-Day Registration

By PV Admin October 25, 2010

Rising early voting participation in recent election cycles has decreased voter turnout in general, putting Election Day on the fast... Read more

Misinformation from Registrar Could Disenfranchise Voters in San Diego

By Erin Ferns Lee October 21, 2010

Just two weeks before Election Day, a potentially detrimental (and ultimately unlawful) voter registration procedure was uncovered in San Diego,... Read more

GOP-Linked Ad Attempts to Suppress Latino Vote in Nevada

By PV Admin October 19, 2010

A GOP-linked group, Latinos for Reform, is encouraging Nevada Latinos not to vote in November with their new, controversial ad.... Read more

Voter Fraud Fears Stifle Voter Registration Efforts

By PV Admin October 18, 2010

The alarming trend of conservative-fueled fears of voter fraud may now have a chilling effect on legitimate votes. According to... Read more

The Disenfranchisement of Communities through the Criminal Justice System

By Erin Ferns Lee October 18, 2010

Expanding ballot access to all voting-age citizens, particularly the millions who are living and working in our communities with past... Read more

Young Voter Asks Candidates and Media to “Help Us Help You”

By Anthony Balady October 15, 2010

According to Project Vote’s recent poll, only 79.1 percent of voters under the age of 30 plan to vote in... Read more

Cracks in the Media Frame Propping Up the Tea Party?

By Lorraine Minnite Ph.D. October 11, 2010

Three weeks after reviewing (and deciding not to cover) Project Vote’s major new survey documenting how out of step the... Read more

Registering College-Age Voters: When a “Good Faith Effort” isn’t Good Enough

By Anthony Balady October 8, 2010

Last week, the Project Vote blog discussed the Higher Education Act, which requires that colleges and universities make a “good... Read more

Beneath the Tea Party’s Anti-Government Rallying Cry, Americans Call for Government to Do More

By Michael McDunnah October 7, 2010

“Can you hear me?” That’s the recurring refrain in a radio promo for this weekend’s “Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention,”... Read more

Little Known Law Could Boost Youth Voter Registration Before Election, If Action Taken Now

By PV Admin October 1, 2010

The nation is experiencing one of the greatest mobilization efforts ever seen for a midterm election. And young voters, as... Read more