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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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NY Times: DOJ Enforcement of Federal Law Could Bring Millions to the Voter Rolls

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Fifteen years ago, Congress enacted the National Voter Registration Act, also known as “Motor Voter” law, to help facilitate and... Read more

A Welfare Check and a Voting Card

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After years of deliberate neglect, the Justice Department is finally beginning to enforce the federal law requiring states to provide voter registration at welfare and food stamp offices. Read more

Voter Registration Among Low-Income Ohioans Increases Ten-Fold

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Voter registration among low-income Ohio citizens has increased ten-fold, following a court settlement to bring the state into compliance with... Read more

What Happened to Hope and Change? How Fascination with the Tea Party Obscures the Significance of the 2008 Electorate

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Less than two years after the 2008 election, the rising American electorate has been largely forgotten, their issues ignored, and their voices drowned out by “Tea Party” rhetoric. Read more

Virginia Illustrates Dos and Don’ts in Making Democracy Accessible

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Participating in democracy should be a simple exercise for anyone who is a citizen over the age of 18, but... Read more

Voter Registration Guidance in 25 States

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Project Vote is proud to announce the updating and expanding of its library of state Voter Registration Guides. Covering 25 states,... Read more

Voter registration surge reported: Agencies were ordered to help low-income applicants

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Ten times as many poor people are filling out voter registration applications at public assistance offices in Ohio now than had been doing so before a voting rights advocacy group won a legal settlement. Read more

Low-Income Ohio Voters Registering In Droves: Registration Now Permitted At Public Assistance Offices

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Voter right advocates said more than 100,000 low-income Ohio residents have applied to register to vote at public-assistance offices in the months after a federal court settlement on the issue. Read more

More than One Hundred Thousand Low-Income Ohioans Register to Vote

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More than 100,000 low-income Ohio residents have applied to register to vote at state Department of Job and Family Service (ODJFS) offices in the first six months of 2010, following a federal court settlement to bring the state agency into compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Read more

KSFX: NVRA Enforcement Enfranchises a Quarter Million Low Income Missourians

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Missouri broadcast news source, KSFX – Ozarks Fox, reported on the “skyrocketing” registration rates of the state’s low income citizens.... Read more