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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Testimony on Ohio SB 295 to the Government Reform and Oversight Committee Ohio Senate.
Project Vote submitted testimony to the Ohio Senate Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Committee regarding SB 295 (2012), a bill that sought to repeal HB 194. Read more
Today in Kansas, extreme voter suppression rule pushed ahead of election, more states follow
What’s the matter with Kansas? If Secretary of State Kris Kobach and House Republicans have their way, it will be... Read more
Voting for America, Project Vote et al v. Steen et al: Amended Complaint
A lawsuit challenging the Texas Volunteer Deputy Registrar statute that creates restrictions and criminal liability against anyone who collects voter registration cards. Read more
MI House Should Vote “No” on Voter Suppression Package
The Michigan legislature is considering a package of bills that will create unnecessary hurdles for voters. Read more
Florida Voting Laws Challenged By Justice Department
The Department of Justice filed court papers requesting a trial for new voting laws in Florida, some of which limit early voting and restrict the registration of new voters. Read more
Justice Dept. Opposes Preclearance of Florida Registration Drive Restrictions
Florida’s HB 1355, the notorious package of voting changes enacted last year, is being challenged on a number of fronts,... Read more
Anti-Voter Registration Law Scrutinized in Hearing Thursday
The League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote, and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund made their case... Read more
Group Files Suit Over Texas Voter Registration Law
A national non-partisan group has filed a lawsuit to block new Texas laws that make it harder to register people to vote. Read more
Voting rights group files suit over Texas registration practices
"A developing body of state practices and provisions targeted at voter registration activities is endangering the rights of many Texas voters," the lawsuit alleges. Read more
Voting for America v. Steen (Texas)
The lawsuit (formerly Voting for America v. Andrade) challenges the Texas Volunteer Deputy Registrar statute that creates several onerous restrictions... Read more