“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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Virginia Governor Sends Voter ID Bill Back for Amendments
Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell introduced amendments to the Senate yesterday to “soften” the requirements under a newly adopted voter ID... Read more
The Real Cost of Voter ID
Voter fraud is a non-existent problem, yet the laws purporting to combat it are very expensive The economy is beginning... Read more
An Attack on Voting Rights is an Attack on the Country, Says Craigslist Founder
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Wisconsin Voter ID Lawsuits May Go to State Supreme Court
Wisconsin’s blocked new voter ID law may be reviewed by the state Supreme Court to determine whether the law should... Read more
Ohio Senate Attempts to Cancel Referendum on Voting Law
Today, Project Vote election counsel, Camille Wimbish spoke out against the Ohio Senate’s effort to repeal an election bill that... Read more
There is no such thing as “free ID”
Michigan voters shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to express their fundamental right to vote. But if bills pending in... Read more
Charlotte Observer says no photo voter ID for North Carolina
The Charlotte Observer today offers up hard data on why photo voter IDs will create undue hurdles for citizens to... Read more
The Myth of the “Always Necessary” Photo ID
Although the Justice Department has denied preclearance to restrictive voter ID laws in two states this year because they disproportionately... Read more
Wisconsin Voter ID Law Temporarily Blocked; Judge Calls it ‘Needless’
Wisconsin voters will not need to show ID to vote in the April 3 primary and local general election, thanks... Read more
South Carolina Report Finds No Evidence Dead Voters
An initial review of South Carolina’s allegedly dead voters has been released today, finding no evidence of voter fraud from... Read more