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Friday, August 29, 2008
Electoral Dirty Tricks Coming Soon To An In-Box Near You
(1 comments) Election experts have already worried that the surge of newly registered voters may cause unintentional chaos through long lines and ballot shortages on Election Day. Now there is increased concern that intentional chaos may be caused by partisan forces using something that millions of Americans access every day - the Internet. Although deceiving and disenfranchising voters through political dirty tricks is a staple partisan s

Thursday, August 21, 2008
How Voter ID Laws Unfairly Burden Voters And Skew The Electorate
With little more than two months left before Election Day, prospective voters are rushing to get registered. And like the way that slugs thrive in moist weather, voter suppression attacks spring up around large-scale voter registration drives. Partisan attempts to shape the electorate, in effect choosing the voters rather than voters choosing their own representatives, seek to impose barriers to voter participation by eligible

Saturday, August 16, 2008
Voter Suppression Industry Gears Up For Long Hot Summer
(3 comments) Last week, we wrote about how some reporters have stopped playing into the hands of voter suppression operatives and suddenly acted like journalists by actually investigating partisan claims of voter fraud in relation to voter registration drives. Until the Virginia press corps showed how it should be done, this kind of every-day feat of journalism had been as rare as voter fraud itself. But, if this is August of an election

Saturday, July 5, 2008
Who Gets to Vote? State's Struggle to Register Veterans, Felons and Minorities
In the aftermath of the presidential primaries, stories of unprecedented voter registration and turnout are drifting to the back burner. But with an exceedingly imbalanced electorate, the fight to create access to the voting rolls and enforce the voting rights of all Americans continues.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Block The Vote! Proof of Citizenship On The Rise, Flashpoint Missouri
Requiring proof-of-citizenship in order to register to vote is the latest addition to voter suppression arsenal. Spurred by Arizona's 2004 implementation of proof of citizenship requirements and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold Indiana's strict voter ID law, proof of citizenship bills - often coupled with voter ID - are gaining traction across the country.

Friday, May 9, 2008
Counter-Framing Voter ID: Voting is a Right, Not a Privilege
(2 comments) Project Vote normally uses this update to give news roundups on voting rights-related stories from the past week. However, with the reverberations from the Supreme Court's Crawford vs. Marion County voter identification decision just starting to filter down into statehouses across the country, we felt it was necessary to spend this update concentrating solely on voter ID, giving progressives a concise summary of the problems a

Friday, May 2, 2008
Legal Voter Disenfranchisement – Coming Soon To A State Near You
In the midst of a presidential election year that is seeing record-breaking voter turnout, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Indiana's draconian voter ID requirement. The controversial law - which requires all voters to provide government issued, photographic proof of identity in order to vote at the polls - threatens to create a legislative domino effect of new voter ID laws ready for implementation bef

Friday, April 25, 2008
Bush Administration Stops Vets from Registering to Vote
(4 comments) The ability of injured veterans to vote in November's presidential election rests in the hands of Bush Administration officials, who have so far refused demands from advocates and lawmakers that the Department of Veterans Affairs help hospitalized veterans register to vote.

Friday, April 18, 2008
Youth Voter Participation Surges - But So Do Voter Suppression Attempts
Young voters have arrived. Finally. Since the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1972, predictions of the increasing impact of young voters on the outcomes of elections have consistently been proven wrong on Election Day. In fact, youth voting rates have rarely been as strong as they were in 1972 and young people continue to be among the least represented groups in the electorate and in the voting booth.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
Voter Registration Surges, But Fuels Voter Suppression Attempts In State Legislatures
Voter registration applications continue to pour into elections offices across the country at record breaking rates, contributing to unprecedented turnout over the course of the presidential primary season so far. This reality of exploding participation in American democracy should be closely considered by lawmakers when evaluating legislation that could expand or restrict access to the polls this November.

Friday, April 4, 2008
The War On Voting Rights: Voter Fraud Smears, Voter ID And Corruption At DOJ
(1 comments) The history of democracy in the United States is one marked by the steady, though intensely contested, expansion of the right to vote. The most recent expansion of the franchise were the result of years of struggle through the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement. But these struggles are not over.

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Who Votes in 2008: Four Voting Rights Issues to Watch
The debates surrounding the issue of expanding or restricting access to the right to vote are in high gear this legislative session at both state and Congressional levels. Bills filed range from proposals to lower the voting age to voter ID requirements. Project Vote's Election Legislation monitoring project has identified a surge of contentious election bills this year, but whether this is simply the result of the standard im

Saturday, March 22, 2008
Voter Registration Discrepancies May Result in Voter Suppression
Two states with upcoming primary elections, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, have made local headlines for voter registration discrepancies, creating openings for confusing and discouraging voters and possibly even allowing those with voter suppression agendas to make an impact.

Saturday, March 15, 2008
Do Dogs Vote in St. Louis? Senators Spar over the Need for Voters to Show Photo ID
(6 comments) At the third hearing on voter suppression in as many weeks, members of Congress again sparred over the prevalence of fraudulent voting. This time, it was members of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration at hearing on In Person Voter Fraud: Myth and Trigger for Disenfranchisement?, called at the insistence of Chuck Schumer.

Friday, March 7, 2008
Another Tool of Voter Suppression: Felon Disenfranchisement Update
(2 comments) At the age of 18, every American citizen is free to exercise his or her right to vote, as guaranteed by the Constitution. However, more than five million Americans in 48 states are denied access to this right due to an array of legislation barring former felons from the polls. This week, three states made headlines with starkly different takes on the voting rights of former felons.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Voter Suppression At Justice: DOJ Gets Tongue-Lashing During House Oversight Hearing
(1 comments) February 26 was not a good day for Asheesh Agarwal, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Department of Justice. During a hearing of the House Committee on the Judiciary, the bookish bureaucrat was raked slowly over the hot coals by several irate members of Congress.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Young Voters Making The Difference, But Barriers Keep Their Full Promise Unfulfilled
With a presidential election year comes the inevitable buzz about how how young people will participate in the democratic process. This year, however, the buzz is about younger voters starting to fulfill the promise of the 26th Amendment, rather than a drumbeat about their apathy. Perhaps this should come as no surprise. A recent Pew Research Center study showed 18-29 year olds are more invested in politics with 85% showing in

Friday, February 29, 2008
Legalizing Voter Suppression in Massachusettes
(1 comments)

Thursday, February 7, 2008
Primary Precinct Problems Presage General Election Chaos Unless Addressed Immediately

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Restoring Democracy: Felon and Youth Voting Rights
(2 comments)

Friday, January 18, 2008
EDR Emerging As Target of Voter Suppression Activists

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Voter Suppression Battles Likely to Resume At The State Level

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Federal Judge Finds Fla. Violated Voting Rights

Thursday, December 6, 2007
"Election Integrity" Feeding Frenzy Zeros In On Proof-of-Citizenship Requirements

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
2008 Voter Suppression Hangs on Supreme Court Decision
(7 comments)

Thursday, November 8, 2007
Report Shows Kentucky's Persistent Electorate Bias After Highest Minority Turnout Ever

Thursday, November 8, 2007
2007 Elections Presage Potential Problems in 2008

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Voter Fraud That Isn't: Tricks of the Voter Suppression Trade

Saturday, October 20, 2007
Census Mobility Data Highlights Need for Large-Scale Voter Registration in Communities of Color

Saturday, October 20, 2007
Voter Suppression In 2008 At Stake In Attorney General Hearings
(1 comments)

Friday, October 12, 2007
Failing the Grade: Young People Face Strong Barriers at the Polls

Thursday, October 11, 2007
Fewer Than Half of Eligible Minority and Low-Income Americans Voted in 2006, Report Shows
(1 comments)

Thursday, October 11, 2007
Voting Chief Says Voter ID Laws Disenfranchise Whites
While the question of whether or not voter ID laws disenfranchise minority, elderly and poor voters is being reviewed by the Supreme Court, John Tanner, chief of the Justice Department's Voting Section, says they do not. In fact, in a jaw-dropping twist of analysis, he told the National Latino Congreso that voter ID laws have "the opposite impact"

Saturday, October 6, 2007
Mail-In Ballots - No Cure-All for Voting Ills
(3 comments)

Sunday, September 23, 2007
Restoring Democracy - Election Reform or Band-Aid Solutions?

Friday, September 14, 2007
Voter Disenfranchisement: Politicization at the DOJ Leads To Questionable Voter Purge Attempts

Saturday, September 8, 2007
Without the Voting Rights Act, There Would Be No Minority Elected Officials

Saturday, September 1, 2007
Gonzales Steps Down, Leaving a Trail of Questions

Saturday, August 18, 2007
From Jail Cell to 'Debtor's Prison,' WA Former Felons Pay for Voting Rights

Friday, August 17, 2007
DOJ's Selective Prosecution of the National Voter Registration Act
It creates new problems for voting rights advocates.

Saturday, August 11, 2007
Backroom Voter Suppression: Who Gets Knocked Off Voter Lists?
This an entry in a series of blogs to keep people informed on current election reform and voting rights issues in the news.

Sunday, August 5, 2007
"Voter Fraud" Keeps Voter Suppression Policies Alive
(2 comments)

Saturday, July 28, 2007
Voter Suppression Activities Hit Voter Registration Drives

Saturday, July 14, 2007
Election Day Registration Advances in NC

Friday, July 6, 2007
Restoration of Voting Rights Picks up Steam
(2 comments) Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup

Friday, June 29, 2007
Vote Caging Bars Voters from Polls for Partisan Advantage

Saturday, June 16, 2007
Religious Zeal in the Justice Dept. Impacts Civil Rights

Saturday, June 16, 2007
Standards, Tests, and Questions: The von Spakovsky Nomination

Sunday, May 27, 2007
Life and Death Struggle Against Voter Suppression: TX Senator Gallegos Blocks Voter ID Bill
(2 comments) Featured Stories of the Week: Voter ID measure dies in Senate without a vote. Why the Right to Vote, Without ID, Is Worth Fighting For Efforts to stop 'voter fraud' may have curbed legitimate voting Why This Scandal Matters Her first vote put her in prison: Woman is one of five from city convicted of voter fraud

Friday, May 18, 2007
Discredited Voter Suppression Tactic Still Kicking in Texas

Sunday, May 13, 2007
Bush Administration Makes DOJ a Partisan Political Machine

Friday, May 11, 2007
Winning By One: Why Understanding Election Rules and Regulations Matters
If yesterday's civic lesson was that every vote counts, today's civic lesson is that it's the rules of voting that counts. Two stories out of small-town northern Indiana in the past two weeks serve as excellent examples of the impact the rules of the game have on the outcome of elections.

Friday, May 11, 2007
Talking Points: Voter fraud, US Attorneys and Suppressing the Vote

Friday, May 11, 2007
Voter Fraud Used to Gain Political Leverage in MO

Thursday, May 10, 2007
Voter Registration Up in North Carolina
Thanks to public assistance agencies.

Saturday, April 28, 2007
Registering the Future: Youth Voting on the Horizon

Friday, April 20, 2007
History Has Not Yet Caught Up with One Group
Florida and several other states are taking steps to right a historic wrong by restoring voting and other rights to former felons.

Friday, April 20, 2007
Myth of Voter Fraud Still Used to Push Voter Suppression Attempts in WI
(2 comments)

Thursday, April 19, 2007
Federal election agency asks for investigation � of itself
A federal election agency, stung by criticism that it altered research finding on voter fraud to reflect partisan considerations, asked for an inspector general review of the agency's conduct.

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Federal Election Agency Altered Voter Fraud Findings
(2 comments) The New York Times front page reports that the Elections Assistance Commission(EAC) altered a report to exaggerate the prevalence of voter fraud, contrary to the authors' findings. Project Vote offers more context for this within the broader effort of the GOP to subvert elections for partisan political gain.

Saturday, April 7, 2007
Barred from the Polls

Saturday, March 31, 2007
Politics and the Abandonment of Voting Rights: Project Vote's Voting Rights & Election News Roundup, March 30, 2007 Ed.

Friday, March 30, 2007
BREAKING: Federal Election Agency Plays Politics with Voter ID Study
The US EAC tasked with, among other things, serving as a clearinghouse for election research decided to play politics today with the release of a study documenting the impact of voter identification requirements on voting. The study found that docdocumentary ID requirements lower voter turnout, particularly for minority voters.Researchers examined voting in the 2004 election.

Friday, March 23, 2007
Election and Voting Rights News Roundup: Week of March 23, 2007
This week, the issue of voter list maintenance made a return in two news stories – one reporting a small North Carolina county's handling of dead voters on the rolls, the other concluding a long debate over a 2006 law barring citizens whose information didn't perfectly match government databases from registering to vote.

Friday, March 23, 2007
US Atty Scandal Shines Light on Bush Adminstration Voter Suppression Efforts
A recent article by the McClatchy Newspapers shows just how deep the Bush Administration's obsession with using the myth of voter fraud to support schemes to suppress the votes of minorities and other marginalized groups runs.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Ohio's Brunner Right to Demand Cleveland Board of Elections Resignation