The Future of American Democracy
Despite significant gains in voter turnout over the last decade, young people still lag behind in terms of representation within the American electorate, and are among the populations most vulnerable to voting rights rollbacks.
The fundamental fact of our electoral process is that one cannot vote if one is not registered. The first step in ensuring that young people cease to be underrepresented in the electorate is to institutionalize access to voter registration.
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New Election Law Blocks High School Voter Registration Drive
A high school civics teacher in Florida may face thousands of dollars in fines for organizing a voter registration drive... Read more
Clearing Confusion About Voter ID in Wisconsin
Today, the League of Women Voters released a report that used this summer’s recall elections as an example of what... Read more
Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup
The Republican effort to make it harder for certain people to vote–particularly the new voters that turned out in 2008–was... Read more
New Restrictive Laws Block the Youth Vote
The recent effort to make it harder for Americans to vote in 2012 hits the youth populations in Wisconsin and... Read more
Younger Teens Can Register to Vote in Some States Too
The 2012 election season is already beginning to heat up and with that, we can expect more citizens to register to... Read more
Restrictive Election Bills Gain Traction in 2011, But Not Without a Fight
Today, Project Vote released the second installment in our ongoing Election Legislation Threats and Opportunities Assessment series that examines proposed... Read more
Students Challenge New Jersey Voter Registration Law
Project Vote board member and Rutgers professor of law, Frank Askin and Kinoy-Stavis Public Interest Fellow, Yael Bromberg write on... Read more
Arianna Huffington Cites Project Vote Research on the Dangers of Alienating First-Time Voters from 2008
Today on The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington cites Project Vote’s recent research memo, First-Time Voters in the 2008 Election, to... Read more
Victory for Youth Voting in NJ
In 1985 New Jersey Governor Tom Kean signed New Jersey’s High School Voter Registration Law (HSVRL), which mandated that schools... Read more
Miami Herald: Republican-Sponsored Elections Bill “Reeks of Partisanship”
Today in Florida, the House State Affairs Committee is taking up HB 1355, an omnibus election administration bill drafted by... Read more