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State voter ID laws snare women with name changes
Voter ID laws may create problems for women who have changed their names after marriage or divorce. Read more
Project Vote Pursues En Banc Hearing for Texas Voter Registration Case
“Texas makes it harder than any other state to help eligible citizens register to vote,” says Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote. “It’s no surprise then that Texas also has one of the lowest rates of voter participation in the country." Read more
Post mea culpa, Florida still at odds with civil rights groups on 2012 purge
“Florida has a history of purging eligible voters, and we need to make sure that history does not repeat itself.” Read more
Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit Heads Back to Court
Florida’s 2012 voter purge program goes to court again on Thursday, when a three-judge panel hears oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the initiative. Read more
Civil rights groups claim N.J. violating ‘motor voter act,’ threaten to sue
Lawyers for the NAACP and a coalition of other civil rights groups claim New Jersey has been violating the National Voting Rights Act and say they will sue if changes are not made. Read more
New Jersey Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Low-Income Residents
A notification letter sent today calls on New Jersey to take corrective action necessary to comply with the NVRA or face possible litigation. Read more
EDITORIAL: Transparent voter suppression
It was a banner year for voter suppression in Texas. Read more
Real voter fraud not about IDs
The remarkable thing about voter fraud — meaning the kind in which voters misrepresent themselves — is there is so little of it. Read more
Fill Out Full Virginia State Voter Registration Form, Advise Voting Rights Advocates
A spot check of rejected voter registration applications in the state of Virginia found that a large percentage of applications had been rejected because applicants had overlooked an easily missed section on the state voter registration form. Read more
Lawsuit claimed as reason more voters registering
The number of applications filed through state agencies represents a dramatic increase of 384 percent over the previous two-year period. Read more