Project Vote

Project Vote

Project Vote (or Voting for America, Inc. [cite web | title =GuideStar database of charities and nonprofits | publisher = JustGive.org | url =http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?npoId=296316&partner=justgive | accessdate = 2008-07-16 ] ) 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. [ [http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-1993/Vote-of-Confidence/ ChicagoMag.com: Vote of Confidence, 1993] ] [ [http://vlex.com/vid/18136816 Project Vote! v. City of Philadelphia, 1994] ] [ [http://projectvote.org/index.php?id=36 "Our Staff" "ProjectVote.org"] ] 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. [ [http://projectvote.org/index.php?id=39 "Our Mission" "ProjectVote.org"] ]

Project Vote often coordinates voter registration campaigns with local chapters of ACORN. [cite news | last=Fessenden | first=Ford | title=A Big Increase of New Voters in Swing States | date=2004-09-26 | publisher=The New York Times | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/politics/campaign/26vote.html] [cite web | title=Fighting For Every Last Vote | date=2004-10-18 | publisher=TIME magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995417-5,00.html] [cite web | last=Slater | first=Michael | title=Voter Fraud? | publisher=National Voter | date=2007-09 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MLB/is_1_57/ai_n21053581/pg_2] It has also 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 regarding election administration policy and voting rights, including enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act through research, litigation and technical assistance.

One of Project Vote's most successful voter registration drives was directed by U.S. Senator and 2008 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. [cite web | url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-1993/Vote-of-Confidence/ | title=Vote of Confidence | first=Gretchen | last=Reynolds | publisher=Chicago Magazine | date=January 1993 | accessdate=2008-07-20]

References

External links

* [http://www.projectvote.org/ Official Project Vote website]


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