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California Agrees to Comply with Voter Registration Law Under Settlement
In a victory for voting rights, California has agreed to mail voter registration cards to nearly 4 million Californians who signed up for health insurance through the state health exchange, and to ensure that the exchange provides voter registration opportunities going forward. Read more
Judge OKs Restrictive Voter Registration Process, Undermines Federal Voting Law
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren issued a ruling in Kris W. Kobach et al. v. United States Election Assistance Commission, stating that the EAC must fulfill requests from those states to print state-specific registration forms reflecting state proof-of-citizenship requirements. Read more
Voting Rights Groups Applaud District Court’s Decision In Public Assistance Voter Registration Case
On Friday, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a series of rulings in Delgado v. Galvin… Read more
Democracy Initiative Calls on President Obama to Bring Health Care Exchanges into Compliance with Federal Voter Registration Law
Today, the Democracy Initiative—a coalition of more than 40 organizations committed to strengthening American democracy—called on the president to ensure that millions of Americans applying for benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are also provided their federally-guaranteed opportunity to register to vote. Read more
A Sad Day for Voting Rights: Senate Rejects Nominee for Top Civil Rights Lawyer
This afternoon, the Senate voted to block the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Project Vote Legislative Director Estelle Rogers issued the following statement in response. Read more
Voting Rights Groups Call on Obama Administration to Bring Federal Health Care Exchanges into Compliance with Federal Law
Yesterday, in a letter to President Obama, leaders for nonprofit voting rights organizations Demos and Project Vote alerted the White House that the application process for benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) currently violates the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). 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
Alabama Agrees to Procedures to Ensure Voter Registration Opportunities at Public Assistance Agencies
Settlement agreements intend to address deficiencies in Alabama's provision of voter registration services and guarantee compliance with Section 7 of the NVRA. Read more
Project Vote Files to Intervene in Arizona and Kansas Effort to Change National Voter Registration Form
Seeking to protect the rights of eligible voters in Arizona and Kansas, the voting rights organization Project Vote yesterday moved to intervene in the case of Kris W. Kobach et al. v. United States Election Assistance Commission. Read more
Project Vote Pursues En Banc Hearing for Texas Voter Registration Case
“Texas makes it harder than any other state to help eligible citizens register to vote,” says Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote. “It’s no surprise then that Texas also has one of the lowest rates of voter participation in the country." Read more