“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 Rulings Vex Administrators Ahead of Election Day
In some of the most closely watched and intensely fought-over states, recent court rulings and still-lingering litigation have cast doubts on whether voters and administrators are up to the task of handling what will be one of the most scrutinized elections in recent memory. Read more
EDITORIAL: Texas, an election model for autocrats
When it comes to democracy and election transparency, the attorney general of Texas is apparently taking his cues from post-Soviet autocrats… Read more
Was The Storm a Political Trick or Treat?
Project Vote spokesperson Viviana Hurtado joins a discussion of how Hurricane Sandy will effect the election. Read more
Election-day registration: The anti-voter ID
Though states with voter ID will likely see a significant decrease in their voter turnout, those losses could be offset by turnout gains in states with Election-Day Registration. Read more
Texas Attorney General Threatens Foreign Poll Watchers
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott made it clear this week he does not want international elections observers anywhere near the polls in his state. Read more
Project Vote Urges Attorney General Abbott to Protect the Rights of Texas Voters
Statement from Michael Slater on Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Monitors in Texas and Attorney General Abbott’s response:... Read more
Voting rights group urges Texas to embrace poll watchers
"Project Vote urges the Texas Attorney General to devote scarce taxpayer resources to protecting voters from the very real threats of voter intimidation and suppression." Read more
International Election Observers Warned by Abbott
"It appears that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is ashamed of Texas’s voting rights record or he would welcome observers with open arms." Read more
Early Voting Hours Stay in Five Florida Counties; Go Strong in Other States
Early voting has proven popular in recent elections and as a result, lawmakers have attempted to reduce its power at... Read more
Project Vote Statement on Restoration of Early Voting Hours in Hillsborough Co.
After a year-long process, the federal court in Washington, DC has ordered five Florida counties—including Hillsborough, which contains the City of Tampa—to continue providing 96 hours of early voting in the upcoming election. Read more