V.A. Caves To Pressure To Allow Voter Registration Drives On-Site

Cross-posted to Project Vote's blog, Voting Matters.

By Nathan Henderson-James

Last week the Department of Veterans Affairs, bowing to months of pressure from voting rights groups and elected officials, revised its rules concerning voter registration drives to allow such activities if certain conditions were met.

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Project Vote Research Sharpens Picture of Voter Fraud Claims as Political Strategy

This is a special note from Project Vote Deputy Director Michael Slater regarding the scandal engulfing the US Department of Justice.

 
Who would expect that a week after we released Barnard College Professor Lorraine Minnite's "The Politics of Voter Fraud," the White House would prove her right? White House counselor Dan Bartlett attributed the firing of several US Attorneys to "lax voter fraud investigations." The media was quick to respond.

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Federal Election Agency Altered Voter Fraud Findings

By Nathan Henderson-James and Michael Slater

This New York Times front page reports that the Elections Assistance Commission(EAC) altered a report to exaggerate the prevalence of voter fraud, contrary tothe authors' findings.

"A federal panel responsible for conducting election research played down the findings of experts who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the nation, according to a review of the original report obtained by The New York Times."

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