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Project Vote
Location
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Formerly called
Voting for America

Project Vote (and Voting for America, Inc.)

litigation and the provision of training, management, evaluation, and technical services.[2][3] Its last executive director was Michael Slater, who had worked for Project Vote since 2004.[4] In May 2017, the staff announced that Project Vote would suspend operations indefinitely due to difficulties maintaining funding.[5]

History

A national organization known as Project VOTE!, originally a project of Americans for Civic Participation, was active between 1982 and 1993, and after reorganizing formed the foundation of Project Vote. Project VOTE! is best remembered for a highly successful Chicago voter registration drive run by Barack Obama in 1992.[6][7][8]

Project Vote in its present form was incorporated in 1994 as Voting for America, Inc., and in 1997 it began registering as Project Vote/Voting for America. In 2010, the organization dropped Voting for America from its registered name.[9]

Between 1994 and 2008,

National Voter Registration Act
through research, litigation, and technical assistance.

In February 2012, Voting for America/Project Vote filed a federal lawsuit suit on behalf of organizations dedicated to registering citizens to vote challenging Texas' burdensome restrictions on voter registration drives.[15]

References

  1. ^ "GuideStar database of charities and nonprofits". JustGive.org. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  2. ^ "Our Mission" ProjectVote.org
  3. ^ Law and Election Politics: The Rules of the Game; Matthew Justin Streb; Routledge Publishing; pg. 118
  4. ^ "Our Staff" ProjectVote.org
  5. ^ "Project Vote to Close Its Doors on May 31st". ProjectVote.org. May 25, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Reynolds, Gretchen (January 1993). "Vote of Confidence". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  7. ^ a b "Project Vote not 'an arm of ACORN'". PolitiFact.com. St. Petersburg Times/CQ. 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  8. ^ Social Change Philanthropy in America; Alan Rabinowitz; Greenwood Publishing Group; 1990; pg. 198
  9. ^ Corporations Database. Louisiana Secretary of State's Web Site. https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSearch/CommercialSearchDetails.aspx?CharterID=427113_RK73
  10. ^ Fessenden, Ford (2004-09-26). "A Big Increase of New Voters in Swing States". The New York Times.
  11. ^ "Fighting For Every Last Vote". TIME magazine. 2004-10-18. Archived from the original on March 9, 2008.
  12. ^ Slater, Michael (September 2007). "Voter Fraud?". National Voter.
  13. ^ Stephanie Strom (22 October 2008), Acorn Report Raises Issues of Legality The New York Times
  14. ^ "Demos, Project Vote Criticize DOJ After Meeting About NVRA Enforcement". Demos. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  15. ^ Voting for America v. Steen; Brennan Center for Justice; November 21, 2012

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