Author: Project Vote

TIMELINE: Mich. Vote Caging Scheme Exemplifies Mounting Dirty Tricks Operations

Posted by Project Vote | Sep 30, 2008 |

Cross-posted at Project Vote’s blog, Voting Matters On Sept. 10, reporter Eartha Jane Melzer of online publication, the Michigan Messenger broke the story that the GOP of Macomb County, Mich. was planning to use public...

Battleground States See Pervasive Systemic Efforts to Block the Vote

Posted by Project Vote | Sep 26, 2008 |

Cross-posted at Project Vote’s blog, Voting Matters Weekly Voting Rights News Update By Erin Ferns “I think the days of ballot box stuffing are more or less gone.” – Allen Raymond, former GOP operative...

Veterans Advocates Skeptical Of New V.A. Registration Policies

Posted by Project Vote | Sep 18, 2008 |

Cross-posted at Project Vote’s blog, Voting Matters Weekly Voting Rights News Update By Erin Ferns We recently wrote about the Department of Veterans Affairs decision to open its facilities to voter registration drives...

Mich. GOP Targets Foreclosure Victims for Election Day Dirty Tricks

Posted by Project Vote | Sep 11, 2008 |

Cross-posted at Project Vote’s Voting Matter’s Blog Weekly Voting Rights News Update By Erin Ferns Partisan political operatives in Michigan are taking voter caging operations to depths that would surprise even the...

Ohio Secretary of State Brunner Does Right By Voters

Posted by Project Vote | Sep 8, 2008 |

For a while now we’ve been keeping you informed of Project Vote’s efforts to prevent a repeat of massive voter caging operations that plagued Ohio in the 2004 elections. A controversial series of vague voter...