Protecting Voter Registration Drives
Since the beginning of the Civil Rights movement, voter engagement efforts have played a vital role in our democratic process. While there are other ways to reach the tens of millions of underrepresented Americans, no substitute exists for the patriotic act of canvassing our country’s neighborhoods to help community members register to vote.
However, in recent years voter registration efforts have faced growing resistance and attack from partisan forces opposed to expanding the franchise. States have increasingly imposed severe restrictions on drive activities, threatening to make voter registration efforts prohibitively expensive and risky in many states.
Project Vote is dedicated to protecting this vital legacy of the Civil Rights movement, and ensuring that voter registration drives can continue to operate unimpeded by threat of persecution and unfair administrative restrictions.
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Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
Order granting and denying in part motion for preliminary injunction Read more
5 Voter Registration Provisions Focus of Injunction
A federal judge on Thursday granted a temporary injunction against five state provisions that affect voter registration in Texas. Read more
Congressional Voting Rights Forum Held in Texas
Today in Houston, Congressional Representatives Charles Gonzalez, Al Green, and Sheila Jackson Lee are holding a forum on voting rights.... Read more
TPM: No One is Trying to Register Dogs to Vote
In what has been called “part of a blatant and ongoing partisan effort to keep people from voting,” Republican operatives... Read more
Project Vote Applauds Michigan Governor Snyder’s Veto of Voter Suppression Package
Today, Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan vetoed a package of voter suppression laws—including HB 5061, SB 754 and SB 803—passed... Read more
GOP Michigan gov. vetoes voter ID laws
The nonpartisan group Project Vote, meanwhile, applauded the Republican governor for "doing right by Michigan voters and taking an important stand against the current onslaught of voter suppression laws." Read more
Project Vote Applauds Michigan Governor Snyder’s Veto of Voter Suppression Package
Today, Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan vetoed a package of voter suppression laws—including HB 5061, SB 754 and SB 803—passed by the state legislature. Project Vote Executive Director Michael Slater issued the following statement in response Read more
Michigan Voting Rights in the Hands of Governor Snyder
It’s midday on June 29 at Project Vote and many of us are holding our breath, waiting to see whether... Read more
Project Vote hopes Governor Snyder will veto new voting regulations
Patricia Selby with Project Vote says some of the changes could actually make it harder for organizations to help register voters. Read more
Voting Rights Victory in Virginia
Friday, after a two-year legal battle, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling for the plaintiffs in Project Vote v. Long, a precedent-setting case brought by voting rights advocates to ensure the transparency of the voter registration and voter roll maintenance processes. Read more