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Our Mission

Our goal is simple: to build an electorate that accurately represents the diversity of America’s citizenry. Through advocacy, litigation, and technical assistance, Project Vote is fighting to make sure that every eligible citizen is able to register, vote, and cast a ballot that counts.

Voter Registration Policy

We know that most Americans will vote, once they get registered. That’s why Project Vote’s work is focused on promoting sensible laws, rules, and procedures that make it easier, not harder, for eligible citizens to become registered voters. Read more

Voting Policy

The way Americans vote is changing, and Project Vote works to make sure we're making the polls more, not less, accessible. Read more

List Maintenance

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, and other dangerous efforts to “clean-up” the lists. Read more

Government Agency Registration

Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) to ensure that state governments played a leading role in providing our most vulnerable citizens a chance to participate in American democracy. Project Vote and our partners are working to make sure they do, and to realize the full potential of this landmark law. Read more

Civic Engagement

Since the beginning of the Civil Rights movement, voter engagement efforts have played a vital role in our democratic process. Project Vote brings our 20 years of field experience to help community-organizations run efficient, effective voter registration drives and Get Out the Vote programs. Read more

Bill Tracking

Project Vote's bill tracking service provides up-to-the-minute information on election legislation—good and bad—that has been proposed in state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. Read more

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Cracks in the Media Frame Propping Up the Tea Party?

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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

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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

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“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

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

Model Testimony: Preregistration

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This document provides a template for lawmakers and other interested parties to draft bills in support of preregistration. Read more

LWV Joins Forces to Bring Voter Registration Opportunities to Low-Income Arizonans

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Earlier this year, the League of Women Voters and Project Vote teamed up to find that, despite intervention from the... Read more

WSJ: Poll on Tea Party Movement Growth Also Indicates Mobility Among Minority Voters

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The “Tea Party” movement continues to garner attention, supporting assumptions that they are “very ticked-off people” who are prepared to... Read more

Poll is a ‘Refreshing Corrective’ to Media Narrative of Tea Party Domination

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Project Vote’s new poll, which reveals the “rising electorate” from 2008 has starkly different views about the role of government... Read more

Poll: Extremist ‘Tea Party’ Represents Minority Fringe Views, As Media Ignore Majority Opinion

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The political positions of those describing themselves as sympathetic to the "Tea Party" represent a vast minority view, according to a new poll commissioned by Project Vote. Read more

Poll: Vast majority of tea party participants are white, wealthy and affluent

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In a survey of Americans who voted in 2008, the nonpartisan group Project Vote found that, by and large, those sympathetic to the tea parties were white, wealthy and affluent people, whose political views represent approximately 29 percent of the electorate. Read more