Author: Project Vote

As the United States has grown older, it has expanded the right to vote to nearly every group of citizens, with one notable exception: former felons. Today, 48 states have their own laws that disenfranchise convicted felons at...

By Erin Ferns Between 2004 and 2008, voter turnout among young people increased by two percent–or over 2.3 million voters–a triumph for this historically underrepresented group. However, with voter registration rates...

This blog entry is cross posted at Project Vote’s Voting Matters Blog By Erin Ferns and Donald Wine II In 1965 the course of American democracy changed when the Voting Rights Act was enacted to ensure proper enforcement of...

Cross posted at Project Vote’s Voting Matters Blog By Erin Ferns Recent studies show that a more diverse electorate turned out last November, including historically underrepresented young and minority voters. Since the...

Cross posted at Project Vote’s Voting Matters Blog On the eve of the Presidential election, facing an historic defeat, the Republican National Committee quietly filed a motion to dissolve an existing consent decree in...