The Dangers of Playing with Matches
Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002 to impose fair and more uniform standards for state election administration, including provisions to establish and maintain statewide voter registration databases.
However, some states have misinterpreted the intent of database maintenance prodcedures outlined in HAVA and passed onerous “No Match, No Vote” laws. Under such statutes, if a state is unable to match the information on a voter’s registration application with information in an existing government database, the application is denied outright.
Research shows that matching voter data with other government databases is an unreliable, error-laden process, and that conditioning the right to vote on such a flawed system will inevitably disenfranchise eligible citizens.
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House to vote on bill that groups say hurts minority voters
A new Georgia elections bill raised the ire of voter advocacy groups, who say it could disproportionately hurt minority Georgians trying to join the state’s voter rolls. Read more
Georgia agrees to add thousands to voter rolls ahead of Nov. election
by Kristina Torres, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gainesville — Georgia has agreed to temporarily suspend a requirement that has prevented tens... Read more
Lawsuit: ‘Exact Match’ System Negatively Impacts Georgia’s Minority Voters
Georgia's strict system for adding new voters to the rolls risks disenfranchising tens of thousands of minorities in the battleground state this fall, according to a new lawsuit by several voting rights groups. Read more
Georgia is using an error-riddled database to reject thousands of voter registrations
Kira Lerner discusses our lawsuit over Georgia's flawed and discriminatory voter verification process. Read more
Federal lawsuit alleges Georgia blocked thousands of minority voters
Kristina Torres writes about Project Vote's suit against Georgia's discriminatory voter verification process. Read more
Lawsuit: Georgia Voter Registration Process Violates the Law
AP story on Project Vote and partners' lawsuit against Georgia's discriminatory voter verification process. Read more
Voter Database Glitches Could Disenfranchise Thousands
Electronic voting machines have been the focus of much controversy the last few years. But another election technology has received little scrutiny yet could create numerous problems and disenfranchise thousands of voters in November, election experts say. Read more