With a constant barrage of allegations against voter registration organizations coming from the McCain-Palin campaign and the Republican National Committee in recent weeks, it’s worthwhile to take a look back at this ongoing war between partisan forces and community based voter registration drives... Read more
On Friday Project Vote and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) held a news conference to discuss the importance of voter registration and to respond to partisan allegations of fraudulent registrations. Read more
Yesterday, as voter registration deadlines passed in most states, Project Vote, the nation’s leading nonpartisan voter participation organization, and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the country’s largest community organization, announced the completion of a joint nonpartisan voter registration drive, which has succeeded in collecting over 1.3 million voter registration applications. Read more
We need to be recognized, there needs to be a change, said 18 year old, Kory Rainville, a newly registered voter. The idea of change is what brought a group of students from Springfield's High School of Commerce together, and those that were eligible registered to vote. Read more
A national effort to increase Election Day participation among young voters was a success in Springfield, Mass. this week, according to an abc40 report. Read more
Christopher Hayes at The Nation examines the importance of voter registration drives to the Obama campaign. Read more
United States District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey issued an order yesterday, July 15, 2008, directing the Missouri Department of Social Services immediately to comply with a federal law requiring agencies to provide voter registration applications and assistance to their clients. Read more
A report on the results of field research of NVRA-required voter registration servicesat sixty-three public assistance offices in the following seven states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. Read more
Lawsuit filed by ACORN and St. Louis resident Dionne O'Neal charging the state of Missouri has failed to provide voter registration services to public assistance clients as required by the National Voter Registration Act. Read more
Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction requiring Missouri to immediately implement the mandatory provisions of Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act. Read more