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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

This Week’s Election Legislation Hearings

By Erin Ferns Lee March 30, 2010

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

Wisconsin May Be First State to Enact Automatic Voter Registration Law

By Erin Ferns Lee March 25, 2010

A bill to automatically register voters when applying for a driver’s license was introduced to the Wisconsin Assembly yesterday. If... Read more

NY Times Editorializes in Favor of Democracy Restoration Act

By PV Admin March 22, 2010

The New York Times wrote in favor of a bill to restore the voting rights of four million Americans that... Read more

Va. Adjourns with Many Key Bills Expected to Return in 2011

By Daniel Charlton March 19, 2010

Virginia’s 2010 legislative session began January 13 and continued until March13. Overwhelmingly, the commonwealth’s budget crisis took center stage in... Read more

Georgia Senate Adopts Online Voter Registration Bill

By PV Admin March 19, 2010

After much deliberation, the Georgia Senate passed a Republican-backed measure to allow Georgians to register to vote online, a vote... Read more

Former Inmate Illustrates Transformative Power of the Ballot Box

By Estelle Rogers March 18, 2010

With millions of Americans living and working in our communities, but disenfranchised by past felony convictions, Congress has taken the... Read more

N.J. Dept. of Education Investigates High School Registration Rules

By Yolanda Sheffield March 12, 2010

In a group effort with the New Jersey Department of Public Advocate and several other organizations, Project Vote filed papers... Read more

New Policy Paper on Voter List Maintenance

By Michael Slater March 12, 2010

As part of our ongoing 2010 Issues in Election Administration series, Project Vote released a policy paper, a legislative brief,... Read more

Voter ID is “a Lot to Have to Go Through for a Constitutional Right,” says Indiana Judge

By Erin Ferns Lee March 11, 2010

Although the 2008 presidential election showed unprecedented increases in turnout from underrepresented citizens, their rates of voter registration and participation... Read more

Looking Beyond the College Campus in Youth Voter Engagement Efforts

By PV Admin March 4, 2010

Engaging young citizens in the democratic process is an issue that lawmakers and voting rights advocates have long attempted to... Read more