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LULAC Files Action Against Harris County To Stop Discriminatory Practices Aimed at Preventing Minorities from Voting
Today, LULAC filed suit against Harris County in Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas maintaining that Harris County officials wrongly rejected voter applications through discriminatory practices against Latino and African American applicants. Read more
States Deny Millions Of Ex-Felons Voting Rights
Eric Bates has found himself among the approximately 5.8 million whose voting rights have been taken away because of a felony conviction. Read more
Last Minute Voter Registration Drive Courts Hispanic Community
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group, along with Project Vote, held a final push voter-registration event Saturday afternoon. Read more
Voter registration ends Tuesday: Come register to vote and learn why voting matters
Project Vote, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Congreso de Latinos Unidos invite the Philadelphia community to register to vote and get voter information this Tuesday from 10 AM to 1 PM at Congreso’s North Philadelphia location. Read more
As Close of Voter Registration Looms, Project Vote Asks Summit County Board of Elections to Process Applications on Time
Today, voting rights group Project Vote wrote to Joseph Masich, director of the Summit County Board of Elections, to express concern that voter registration applications were not being processed in a timely manner. Read more
The Time is Now: Come Register to Vote and Learn Why Voting Matters
Project Vote and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) invite the Miami community to Jimmy’z Kitchen to register to vote, get voter information, and enjoy treats this Saturday from 12 – 2 PM. Read more
Voter Registration Deadlines Loom
Would-be voters in the 2012 general election have less than two weeks to register. Read more
A Recent History of GOP Voter Suppression in Florida
The state of Florida has an unfortunate history of disenfranchising voters. Read more
Texas leads states in enacting voting restrictions
The new laws enacted last year to govern registration and voter rolls and require photo ID have spawned numerous lawsuits. Read more
Project Vote Continues to Fight for Texas Voters
Earlier this month, Project Vote filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to intervene and prevent the state from enforcing laws that place undue burdens on voter registration drive. Yesterday, the court denied the emergency appeal. Read more