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Federal Judge Rules that Louisiana Must Offer Voter Registration to Public Agency Clients
Yesterday, voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and most marginalized residents—will be offered an opportunity to register to vote. Read more
Voting Rights Organizations Begin Litigation to Enforce National Voter Registration Act in PA
Attorneys from voting rights groups sent a pre-litigation notice letter on Monday to the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, charging that the state is failing to provide low-income residents with a legally-mandated opportunity to register to vote. Read more
Georgia Settles National Voter Registration Act Lawsuit, Agrees to Provide Registration Services to Low-Income Citizens
A coalition of national voting rights groups have secured a landmark settlement with the State of Georgia to ensure that voter registration is offered to all public assistance applicants. Read more
Court Strikes Down Arizona’s Proof of Citizenship Requirement for Voter Registration
After a six year legal battle in a lawsuit brought by voting rights groups on behalf of numerous individuals and civil rights organizations, Arizona’s Proposition 200, which requires proof of citizenship for voter registration, was rejected by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today on the grounds that the law is in direct conflict with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Read more
Department of Justice Properly Rejects Texas Voter ID Law as Discriminatory
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified the state of Texas that it would not approve the state's new voter ID law because it violated the Voting Rights Act. Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote, issued the following statement in response: Read more
Court Rules RNC Can’t Suppress Voters
A three-judge panel has rejected the RNC's request to void an agreement over voter caging and other voter suppression activities. Read more
MI House Should Vote “No” on Voter Suppression Package
The Michigan legislature is considering a package of bills that will create unnecessary hurdles for voters. Read more
Michiganders want Integrity in the their Elections, Not Waste and Redundancy
Michigan voters were surprised to see a new requirement before getting their ballots at the polls today for the Presidential Primary. Poll workers are asking properly registered voters to check a box declaring that the voter is a United States Citizen. Read more
Federal Appeals Court Rules That N.M. Violated Federal Law, Failing to Provide Voter Registration Applications to Public Assistance Clients
The federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the State of New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) violated Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) by improperly withholding voter registration applications from certain public assistance clients. Read more
Voting for America Sues Texas on Behalf of Voters and the U.S. Constitution
Citing clear evidence that Texas’s election code related to voter registration violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the U.S. Constitution in several ways, Voting for America, an affiliate of Project Vote, filed suit today against the state of Texas. Read more