Voter registration is only the first step: we also have to make sure that registrants get on the rolls, and stay on the rolls.
That’s why Project Vote works to protect eligible voters from wrongful purges, voter caging, “no match, no vote” programs, and other dangerous efforts to “clean-up” the lists.
Additionally, we fight to make sure that voter registration and list maintenance policies are publicly transparent, in order to ensure that states are not using arbitrary, error-prone, or politically-motivated criteria for rejecting applicants or purging voters.
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Florida Purge Program Was Illegal, Rules Federal Court
Marking a major victory for Florida voters, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled on Tuesday that Florida’s 2012 voter purge program violated federal law. Read more
New PACs try to elect state election officials
Thirty-nine states elect their secretary of State, and because the job includes overseeing the administration of elections, Republican and Democratic PACs have emerged to fight for control of the position. Read more
Project Vote Applauds Introduction of Bi-Partisan Bill to Restore the Protections of the Voting Rights Act
Today, Congressmen James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and John Conyers (D-MI), and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), introduced a bipartisan update to the Voting Rights Act. Read more
Balancing Voter Purge Efforts with Voter Outreach
“Voter rolls are messy, and someone has to clean them up,” wrote Reid Wilson at Washington Posts‘ blog, GovBeat. It’s... Read more
Voter Suppression Schemes Under the Radar After Shelby County Decision
In one of the best analogies ever found in a Supreme Court opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg likened the Voting... Read more
Post mea culpa, Florida still at odds with civil rights groups on 2012 purge
“Florida has a history of purging eligible voters, and we need to make sure that history does not repeat itself.” Read more
Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit Heads Back to Court
Civil Rights Groups to Argue that Statewide Purge Program Violates Federal Law Miami – Florida’s 2012 voter purge program goes... Read more
Gov. Scott’s Voter Purge Tour Ends – Many Questions Remain
Today Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner concluded the last of five meetings across the state, meetings supposedly designed to... Read more
Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit Heads Back to Court
Florida’s 2012 voter purge program goes to court again on Thursday, when a three-judge panel hears oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the initiative. Read more