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

Vote by Mail Spreads, But Doesn’t Help All Voters

By Teresa James June 3, 2010

Some progressives overlook that voting by mail does not always help their longtime constituents. As state and county officials look... Read more

Settlement Reached in South Dakota Felon Disenfranchisement Suit

By PV Admin June 2, 2010

The Associated Press reports that South Dakota and Shannon County have reached a settlement agreement with the American Civil Liberties... Read more

Potentially Risky Voter Roll Procedure to Occur in Miss.

By Teresa James June 2, 2010

The potentially risky practice of interstate voter database matching has expanded to more states in 2010. In itself, the database... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee June 1, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

Project Vote Welcomes Legal Interns for Summer 2010

By PV Admin May 28, 2010

Project Vote welcomes five talented law students to the 2010 law clerk program.   During the summer, these students will have... Read more

Mo. Voter ID Saga Comes to an End

By PV Admin May 28, 2010

Another chapter in the Missouri photo ID saga has ended.  Once again, right wing lawmakers proposed a restrictive photographic ID... Read more

Wanted: Voters’ Views on Changing Government

By Steven Rosenfeld May 27, 2010

What do voters really think about dramatic changes already underway? Today’s political chattering class—television barkers, talk radio hotheads, and even... Read more

Election Legislation Hearings of the Week

By Erin Ferns Lee May 25, 2010

Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more

Texas Automates Voter Registration at the Driver License Offices

By Steven Rosenfeld May 24, 2010

Another big state has taken steps to modernize voter registration at its motor vehicle offices. The Texas Department of Public... Read more

Wis. Election Official Explains Why Voluntary ID is Unfair

By PV Admin May 21, 2010

The director of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which recently shut down a citizen activist effort to show photo ID,... Read more