“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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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
Washington Post Looks at “GOP’s Voter ID Gambit”
In today’s Washington Post, Aaron Blake looks at the GOP-driven move in many states to implement stringent voter ID requirements, ... Read more
Project Vote Opposes Unnecessary, Costly Voter ID Bill in Penn.
A bill requiring voters to present government-issued, photo voter ID is being heard in a Pennsylvania House Committee today and Project Vote... Read more
Public to Weigh in on North Carolina Voter ID Bill
Today, North Carolinians will be able to weigh in on the much anticipated voter ID bill in the House Elections... Read more
Voter ID Bill to be Heard in Missouri House Committee Tuesday
Today, Project Vote submitted testimony to House Elections Committee members in opposition to Missouri’s latest restrict photo voter ID bill.... Read more
Mo. Legislature Pushes Voter ID forward, Silences Opposing Voter Testimony
When a diverse array of voters and advocates showed up on February 7 to a Missouri House Elections Committee hearing... Read more
Officials Dispute Need for Voter ID in Their States
Since the 2010 midterm elections and the Republican takeover of several state houses, the fight to enact controversial photo voter... Read more
Virginia Senate Members to Deliberate Over Unnecessary Voter Verification Bill
The Virginia House of Delegates recently approved House Bill 1560. The changes proposed in this bill are subtle and come... Read more
Missouri Attempts to Revive Unconstitutional Voter ID Law
The saga began five years ago when the Missouri legislature passed a photo ID bill that the Missouri Supreme Court... Read more
Minnesota Republicans’ Efforts to Pass Voter ID Don’t Compute
Today, members of the Minnesota House will hear two controversial bills that could cost the state millions and hamper voter... Read more