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New Voters Project: Results 2004-2010

Since launching the New Voters Project in late 2003, our efforts have paid off. Read more about our accomplishments from the 2004 - 2010 elections. 

News Release | PennPIRG | Democracy

Vast Majority of PA College IDs Not Valid for Voting

A recent study released today by PennPIRG and a broad coalition of voter protection groups found that Pennsylvania’s new photo ID voting law could potentially disenfranchise more than 80% of the state’s college students. 

Resource | Democracy

Voter Protection Toolkit

Download this resource for everything you need to know to organize a voter protection campaign on your campus.

Protecting Students' Right to Vote

By | Student PIRGs

On December 15, the Florida PIRG Education Fund, along with the League of Women Voters of Florida and Rock the Vote, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tallahassee challenging Florida’s onerous new restrictions on community-based voter registration drives on the basis that they violate both the U.S. Constitution and the National Voter Registration Act.

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Campaign | Democracy

New Voters Project

The New Voters Project is a nonpartisan effort to help register young people and get them to the polls on Election Day. We believe the best way to get political leaders to pay attention to young people and our issues is to register and vote. 

Protecting Internet Freedom

By | Student PIRGs

We've joined two other leading consumer groups-- the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union (the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports magazine) -- in a letter to Congress in opposition to the so-called Stop Online Privacy Act, HR 3261 (SOPA).

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Media Hit | Democracy

Voting groups pressure DOJ to reject Fla election law changes

TALLAHASSEE –Three non-partisan groups joined the growing chorus of groups that are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to reject changes that Gov. Rick Scott approved to Florida’s voting laws.

Media Hit | Democracy

Scott signs bill that cuts early voting days and adds restrictions

TALLAHASSEE --  Florida will have fewer early voting days, and voters will have a harder time updating their registrations at the polls, under a fiercely debated elections bill that Gov. Rick Scott signed into law on Thursday.

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Election bill controversy grows

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Last year Carley Sattler helped register hundreds of voters at Florida State University.

“A lot of students weren’t even aware that there were elections,” she said at the time.

Sattler is the Chapter Chair of FSU Public Interest Research Group and regularly participates in voter registration drives. But she may stop signing up voters because of changes in Florida’s elections laws.

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