Protecting Eligible Voters
Coinciding with the nation’s tense immigration debate of recent years is a strong belief among certain partisans that undocumented people are somehow undermining the democratic process.
Instances of non-citizens attempting to cast a ballot are extremely rare, but this drummed up fear has real consequences: it excludes legitimate voters who do not have documentary proof of citizenship, such as seniors, students living away from home, or married people who adopt the surname of their spouses.
Further, proof-of-citizenship policies essentially quash community-based voter registration drives, which are responsible for reaching large numbers of potential voters at markets, churches, and other public places where one is unlikely to carry birth certi cates and passports.
Ensuring that eligible Americans are not prevented from registering and voting due to unnecessary and discriminatory bureaucratic hurdles like proof-of-citizenship requirements is one of Project Vote’s key missions.
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Coalition of voting rights groups the latest to sue Rick Scott on voting purge
"Florida has an ugly history of illegally removing eligible voters in election years," said Catherine M. Flanagan of Project Vote. Read more
Florida hit with new lawsuit over voter purge effort
Florida was hit with a new lawsuit on Tuesday over its efforts, under Republican Governor Rick Scott, to purge non-citizens from the state's voter rolls. Read more
New voting purge lawsuit emerges
A coalition of voting groups plan to file a lawsuit tomorrow over Gov. Rick Scott's non-citizen voting purge that has set off a dispute between the state and the Obama administration. Read more
New lawsuit challenges Florida voter purge
The groups -- including Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Project Vote -- have scheduled a Tuesday afternoon conference call to announce the lawsuit against Secretary of State Ken Detzner. Read more
Florida faces another lawsuit over voter purge
Florida is again being sued over its contentious push to remove potentially ineligible voters from the rolls. Read more
Voter groups will sue Florida over non-citizen ‘purge’
A coalition of national voter advocacy groups will file a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop the state of Florida from "purging" the voter rolls of non-citizens. Read more
VIDEO: Voting Rights Groups Blast Florida’s Election Rolls Purge Of Suspected Non-Citizens
Letters have already been mailed out to 2,600 Florida residents informing them they may be ineligible to vote. Read more
One woman’s experience in Florida’s targeting of noncitizen voters
She's the prototypical Tampa Bay resident in many ways, but the State of Florida falsely accused her of not being a U.S. citizen. Read more
Voter Purge, Minority Voting Rights Flashpoints Of New Showdown In Florida
Florida officials made it clear Friday that the state will continue to purge as many as 182,000 suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls -- despite a coalition's call to stop the process or prepare for court. Read more
Voting Rights Organizations Send Notice to Florida: Stop Purging Voters
oday, a coaliton of civil and voting rights organizations sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, alerting him that Florida’s plan to identify and remove alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls violates federal law and must cease immediately. Read more