“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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Restoring Voting Rights
In my experience, most Americans believe in second chances. Yet, in the voting rights world, we have a glaring contradiction.... Read more
Congress Holds Hearing on State of Voting Rights
Today, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing to address The State of the Right to Vote After... Read more
Va. House Proposes to Narrow List of Accepted Voter ID
CORRECTION, Nov. 21, 2012, 8:50 p.m. PT: Updated to clarify that 5% of provisional voters, not all voters, cast provisional... Read more
Project Vote Applauds Congressional Leadership on Election Reform
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Representative George Miller (D-Calif.) both introduced federal legislation designed to... Read more
“We Have to Fix That”: Project Vote Discusses Early Voting with Leslie Marshall Show and HuffPost Live
On the night of the election, the President said “we have to fix that” about the long lines people endured... Read more
On Historic Night, President Says “We Have to Fix” Voting; Project Vote Agrees
Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote, released the following statement: “In his victory speech in Chicago last night, President... 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
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
Ohio Voter Fraud Billboards Targeting Black Voters Will Stay, Says Clear Channel
UPDATE on Oct. 21, 2012: Clear Channel Outdoor has agreed to remove the offending billboards. Read more. Clear Channel was... Read more
Pennsylvania Puts Voter Suppression Law on Hold
Pennsylvania’s controversial voter ID requirement was blocked Tuesday by the same judge who initially upheld the law this summer. This... Read more