Project Vote
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Project Vote (or Voting for America, Inc.[1]) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. It was founded in 1982 by Sandy Newman and its current executive director is Michael Slater, who has worked for Project Vote since 2004.[2][3][4] Project Vote's efforts to engage low income and minority voters in the civic process include the provision of training, management, evaluation and technical services.[5]
Project Vote has received support from ACORN,[6][7][8] and has worked with organizations such as Demos, National Voting Rights Institute, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Fair Elections Legal Network with respect to the implementation of voter registration programs, and engages in litigation for enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act.
The voter registrations by Project Vote have been politically controversial, in some instances. The conservative group, Capital Research Center alleged that Project Vote's voter mobilization efforts have frequent problems with fraud.[9]. In contrast, Project Vote claimed in a press release that "politically motivated law firms [have] brought baseless charges of voter registration fraud".[10]
One of Project Vote's most successful voter registration drives was directed by United States presidential candidate Barack Obama in Chicago during 1992. According to Chicago Magazine, "More than 150,000 new African-American voters were added to the city's rolls" during this drive."[11]
Footnotes
- ^ "GuideStar database of charities and nonprofits". JustGive.org. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ ChicagoMag.com: Vote of Confidence, 1993
- ^ Project Vote! v. City of Philadelphia, 1994
- ^ "Our Staff" ProjectVote.org
- ^ "Our Mission" ProjectVote.org
- ^ Fessenden, Ford (2004-09-26). "A Big Increase of New Voters in Swing States". The New York Times.
- ^ "Fighting For Every Last Vote". TIME magazine. 2004-10-18.
- ^ Slater, Michael (2007-09). "Voter Fraud?". National Voter.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Capital Research Center: Voter Turnout or Voter Fraud?
- ^ "One Year Later: Results of 2004 Voter Fraud Investigations Give Vote Groups a Clean Slate". Common Dreams.
- ^ Reynolds, Gretchen (January 1993). "Vote of Confidence". Chicago Magazine.
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