“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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NY Times: Attorney Claims Racial Motive in DOJ Case Decision
Allegations of a politicized Department of Justice continue into the Obama administration, but both conservative and Democratic members of the... Read more
Voter ID on Table in South Carolina
South Carolina legislators will return tomorrow to “work out” voter ID legislation and the state budget, according to local publication,... Read more
Voter ID Efforts Pick up Steam in Election Year
The fight over voter identification has reemerged in a number of states as the 2010 midterm elections approach and politicians... Read more
Vote by Mail Spreads, But Doesn’t Help All Voters
Some progressives overlook that voting by mail does not always help their longtime constituents. As state and county officials look... Read more
Mo. Voter ID Saga Comes to an End
Another chapter in the Missouri photo ID saga has ended. Once again, right wing lawmakers proposed a restrictive photographic ID... Read more
Wis. Election Official Explains Why Voluntary ID is Unfair
The director of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which recently shut down a citizen activist effort to show photo ID,... Read more
Election Legislation Hearings of the Week
Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows: Read more
Voter ID Advances in S.C.; Citizen Activist Campaign Quashed in Wis.
The contentious voter ID issue has caused some ruckus in at least two states this week. Read more
Mo.Voter ID Debate is Down to the Wire: Early Voting Provision Rejected by Advocates
The Missouri legislature is once again pushing a controversial measure to combat a mythical problem in the state—registration and voter... Read more
Va. Adjourns with Many Key Bills Expected to Return in 2011
Virginia’s 2010 legislative session began January 13 and continued until March13. Overwhelmingly, the commonwealth’s budget crisis took center stage in... Read more