“We have to fix that,” President Obama said on Election Night 2012, following widespread reports of long lines at polling stations. In the beginning of 2014, a report from the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA) recommended a number of common sense reforms to improve voting, including increasing opportunities for early voting.
There is a growing, bipartisan consensus that reform is needed. However, pro-voting reforms like early voting continue to meet strong partisan resistance, and many states continue to pass voter ID laws and other restrictions that place hurdles between eligible Americans and the ballot box. Meanwhile, millions of citizens—disproportionately Americans of color—are prevented from voting at all due to strict felony disenfranchisement laws.
Project Vote believes our democracy works best when everyone participates, and we work to implement common-sense reforms that make it easier, not harder, for every eligible American to cast a ballot that counts.
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Voter ID bills killed in House committee on party-line vote
“There was a recent analysis done by Project Vote ... that found that low income citizens, young people and communities of color are most likely to not have a state-used ID,” Elena Nunez, executive director of Colorado Common Cause, told the committee. Read more
New Research Memo Looks at Who in America Has Photo ID
With voter ID a hot-button topic in state legislatures, Project Vote is pleased today to release a new research memo... Read more
In the Legislatures
Most state legislatures have now convened or are about to. Project Vote tracks state legislative activity relating to election administration... Read more
Americans with Photo ID: A Breakdown of Demographic Characteristics
With voter ID a hot-button topic in state legislatures, Project Vote is pleased today to release a new research memo that provides a snapshot of who in America actually possesses government-issued photo ID. Read more
Fact Sheet: Early Voting
A summary of the benefits, challenges, and existing laws concerning early voting. Read more
Model Bill: Early Voting
This document provides a template for lawmakers and other interested parties to draft bills relating to implementing efficient, effective early voting policies. Read more
Highlights of 2014
Now that 2014 has come to a close, we’re looking back at what an eventful year it was! From our... Read more
More Than 15,000 New Mexicans May Need to Register On Election Day, Vote A Provisional Ballot
Thousands of people who conducted business at a New Mexico motor vehicles office between January 1 to June 1, 2014 and... Read more
Here Are Five Common Voter Suppression Tactics To Watch For
Voter turnout is key in many races around the country, and so voter suppression tactics tend to crop up right before an election… Read more