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In 2024, VoteWin was one of several PACs that were criticized for allegedly engaging in outreach campaigns that sent out inaccurate voter registration and polling location information to voters. 2
Background
VoteWin is a super PAC that was founded in July 2024. 3 It received all of its funding in 2024 from Super PAC Voters of These 50 States of America while all its disbursements were reportedly made to tech company Movement Labs. 4 1
VoteWin was one of several super PACs that received criticism during the 2024 election cycle over a series of text-message campaigns to voters which were coordinated by Movement Labs. Other PACs involved included AllVote, MaxVote, and Coconut Brat PAC. VoteWin and the other PACs had reportedly sent out text messages to voters containing inaccurate polling and voter registration information. 2 The four PACs behind the campaign were reportedly being solely funded the super PAC Voters of These 50 States of America. 1
Related Organizations
VoteWin’s sole funder in 2024, Voters of These 50 States of America, was founded through a $2 million contribution from Evidence for Impact, a PAC affiliated with Elias Law Group, the law firm founded by Democratic Party-affiliated lawyer Marc Elias. 1 Its largest funder that year was Rapid Resist Action, a PAC formed in 2017 by former Obama administration official Yoni Landau, who contributed $6 million in the week before VoteWin’s and its associated PACs October 2024 disbursements to Movement Labs. 5 Landau also works as the founder and CEO of tech company Movement Labs. 1
Controversy
Voter Text Campaign
In October 2024, VoteWin was one of several super PACs to receive criticism over a mass text campaign meant to target voters in Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. Other PACs involved included AllVote, MaxVote, and Coconut Brat PAC. However, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State Office, the ads sent out to voters contained inaccurate polling and voter registration information. 2 6 3
The text campaigns had been coordinated through tech company Movement Labs, but due to their inaccuracy some were concerned the messages had been spam or were accused of being part of a phishing scheme. 6 2 3
In an interview with Krebs on Security, Movement Labs CEO Yoni Landau claimed that the mass text campaigns were only intended to target and increase voter registration amongst young voters as well lower-income voters but claimed “incompetence” was the cause of the inaccurate information being released. 3
Finances
In 2024, VoteWin reported $27,912 in disbursements, all of which were paid to Movement Labs and were reported as funding for “texting services.” 7
In 2024, VoteWin reported a single $27,912 contribution which came from Voters of These 50 States of America. 8
Leadership
Howie Stanger is the treasurer of Voters of These 50 States of America. Stanger is also the founder and director of advocacy group Pocketbook Strategies. He is also treasurer of Coconut Brat PAC, VoteWin, and Did They Vote. Stanger is also treasurer for former Democratic Missouri Senate candidate Lucas Kunce’s campaign and previously worked as COO of Sunrise Movement. 9 10