February 23, 2012
September 30, 2011
"Give us the ballot!"
Martin Luther King Jr.'s words still resonate with many of us today. From the marches and protests in Selma, Ala., to the hundreds of voting-rights lawsuits to the on-the-ground slogan "One Man, One Vote," the road to equal voting rights has not been easy, particularly for communities of color.
May 3, 2011
(May 3, 2011) – As the Florida Senate prepares to approve sweeping changes to the state’s election code this week, Advancement Project, a leading voter protection organization, said the legislation may violate the Voting Rights Act and urged legislators to take steps to rewrite this ill-conceived legislation.
December 14, 2010
For Immediate Release
(ST. LOUIS -- Dec. 10, 2010) – With a recount now underway in Missouri’s 24th Senatorial District, Advancement Project, a leading voter protection organization, is urging the Missouri Secretary of State to ensure that all provisional ballots cast by eligible voters are counted.
November 12, 2010
(ST. LOUIS -- Nov. 11, 2010) – With a razor-thin margin of 176 votes separating the candidates in State Senate District 24, 198 provisional ballots remain to be counted and Advancement Project has discovered that many students may have been wrongfully turned away without being provided provisional ballots. If these allegations are substantiated and reveal an illegal purge that could affect the outcome of the election, voters or candidates could seek legal remedies including setting aside the election.
September 14, 2010
The issue brief is forward looking and focuses on reforms that would provide voters with an improved voting process through easy legislative fixes in advance of the 2012 Presidential Election.
Advancement Project recommends the following reforms in Missouri:
June 1, 2010
Today, Advancement Project released an issue brief examining the ramifications of the Florida legislature’s failure to enact comprehensive election reform to correct provisions of the election code that impede the ability of voters to participate in elections. As a result of legislators’ failure to address barriers to voting, serious flaws in Florida’s election code that burden the right to vote persist due to:
June 11, 2010
(Columbus, Ohio)—Today, Advancement Project, a leading voter protection advocacy organization, released an issue brief examining the ramifications if Ohio lawmakers fail to enact comprehensive election reform to correct provisions of the election code that impede the ability of voters to participate in elections.
July 13, 2009
January 2, 2009
