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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Mark White says Texas voter rules not needed
Former Gov. Mark White has testified that voter registration restrictions approved by the 2011 Legislature are unnecessary and make it tougher to register voters. Read more
Ex-Gov. White says state voter laws flawed
Voter registration restrictions imposed by the Texas Legislature last session are unnecessary and make it more difficult to register voters, former Texas Gov. Mark White testified Tuesday. Read more
Voter advocates say Texas law impedes registration
Provisions violate the National Voter Registration Act and the U.S. Constitution and make efficient large-scale registration drives impossible while doing nothing to prevent real fraud, Slater testified. Read more
Mich. House approves bills to tighten voting laws
The Republican-led Michigan House passed several measures Tuesday aimed at tightening state election laws that backers say would protect against voter fraud and critics counter would create obstacles to voting. Read more
Hearing resumes in voter registration group’s suit
The national nonpartisan, nonprofit group Project Vote wants U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa to stop, at least temporarily, election law provisions regulating large-scale, community-based voter registration efforts. Read more
Volunteer says Texas voter laws cause fear of prosecution
"We could not do a voter drive in Texas because it is inevitable that people will have incomplete applications," said Michael Slater, Project Vote executive director. Read more
OPINION: Legislators suppressed vote without evidence of fraud
Florida is the voter-suppression capital of the United States. 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
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