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Model Testimony: Online Voter Registration
This document provides a template for lawmakers and other interested parties to draft bills in support of online voter registration. Read more
Video: 2010 GOTV Effort in St. Louis
A video highlighting the 2010 GOTV effort conducted by Project Vote and the Missouri Citizens Education Fund in St. Louis. Read more
Election Legislation Threats and Opportunities Memo, December 2010
In this report, Erin Ferns Lee reviews both the threats and opportunities represented by election bills that have been introduced in U.S. Congress and the states in late fall 2010, based on Project Vote’s bill monitoring project, discussions with state-based advocates, recent media coverage, and the partisan makeup of the legislatures and state election directors. Read more
An Analysis of Who Voted (and Who Didn’t Vote) in the 2010 Election
In this research memo, Lorraine C. Minnite and Jody Herman look at who voted (and who didn’t vote) in the 2010 election. Read more
Video: 2010 GOTV Effort in Philadelphia
A video highlighting the 2010 Get Out the Vote effort conducted between Project Vote and Action United Education Fund of Pennsylvania. Read more
Model Testimony: Preregistration
This document provides a template for advocates, citizens, and other interested parties to write testimony in support of legislation to permit 16-and 17-year-old citizens to preregister to vote. Read more
Research Memo: Debunking the Tea Party’s Election Night Message
In this research memo, Lorraine Minnite examines public expectations and attitudes toward government as the context for analyzing the 2010 federal midterm election results. Read more
Model Testimony: Preregistration
This document provides a template for lawmakers and other interested parties to draft bills in support of preregistration. Read more
What Happened to Hope and Change? A Poll of 2008 Voters
This report summarizes the findings of a poll, conducted in July 2010, which reveals that most Americans are dissatisfied with the current state of the country, but a clear majority of them want their government to do more, not less. Read more
Policy Paper: Enfranchising America’s Youth
In its first edition of “Enfranchising American Youth,” Erin Ferns Lee reviewed the voter registration and voting rates of 18- 29 year-old citizens in 2008, and examined existing laws that hinder or facilitate participation by young, non-college attending voters. Lee provides policy recommendations for improving voter registration and ballot access for all American youth. Read more