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Person
Terry Ao Minnis is the senior director of the census and voting programs for Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), and a left-of-center activist on voting issues and the U.S. Census. At AAJC, Minnis directs programs relating to the U.S. Census and voting rights. She was part
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Political Party/527
They See Blue is a get-out-the vote organization formed to drive Democratic party voter turnout among Americans of South Asian descent. The organization was formed in 2018 in California and established a national presence ahead of the 2020 presidential election with chapters in key swing states, including Georgia and Pennsylvania.
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For-profit
Sojourn Strategies is a political consulting firm that works with left-of-center social policy campaigns, left-progressive nonprofits, and research groups. It was founded by criminal justice activist and former professor Katrina L. Gamble. 17 The firm
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Other Group
Institute for Responsive Government (IRG) is a policy think tank that purports to seek to improve government effectiveness and correct bureaucratic inefficiency. It is a fiscally-sponsored project of New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit managed by consulting company Arabella Advisors that makes grants to left-of-center organizations.
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For-profit
Campaign Sidekick LLC, also known as Sidekick, is a campaign vendor that provides voter outreach databases and software. According to Sidekick chief executive officer Drew Ryun, he started the firm to address issues he encountered while working on campaigns during the 2002 primary election season.
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Person
Kate Shaw is a professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and a left-of-center political commentator. She frequently comments on legal and election-related issues. In addition to being a law professor, Shaw is a legal analyst for ABC News. She is also the co-host of the
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Tim Tsujii is the director of elections for the Forsyth County Board of Elections in North Carolina, and sits on the advisory committee of the Center for Tech and Civic Life.
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Other Group
Indivisible Philadelphia is a Democratic get-out-the-vote organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a chapter of Indivisible, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group. The organization’s flagship voter outreach project is the 35 Doors Project, in which organization members commit to knocking on 35 doors and talking to voters.
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Other Group
The Safeguarding Democracy Project is a project of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Law School founded by Richard L. Hasen, a prominent election law professor who has criticized voter identification laws and accused Republicans of using the COVID-19 pandemic to keep Democratic voters from voting. In its mission
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Other Group
Force Multiplier is a left-of center activism group founded to oppose President Donald Trump. It now raises money via direct donations through Act Blue for Democratic candidates and get-out-the-vote efforts in swing states. 66
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Non-profit
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) conducts behavioral and social science research for clients including the federal government. Founded in 1946, it produces white papers and provides technical assistance on social science subjects including health, education, human services, and workforce development.
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Person
Edward B. Foley is a law professor who has written on left-of-center election-administration issues for the Washington Post. Foley advocates for expanded early voting, mail-in voting, and other changes to election laws to increase participation. Foley has been outspoken in his opposition to President Donald Trump. Foley has called
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Non-profit
You Can Vote is a left-of-center nonprofit organization that engages in voter registration campaigns in North Carolina. It targets ethnic-minority communities to increase voter registration and distribute left-of-center ballot infographics. 144 You Can Vote
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For-profit
Vigil for Democracy is a left-of-center agitation organization that organizes rallies, boycotts, protests, strikes, and other actions to “mass mobilize against tyranny” 152 and advocate for left-of-center policy outcomes.
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Matthew Masterson is a member of the left-of-center advisory group National Task Force on Election Crises, and frequent author for the Virality Project, a think tank designed to assess and control the flow of ideas and information disseminated to the general public through social media. Masterson is the former
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Non-profit
Way to Rise is a left-of-center strategy non-profit group that works to direct funding from donors and grantmaking institutions to local activists and political organizations. The group opposes what it calls the “boom and bust cycle of funding” and aims to ensure a continuous flow of financial resources to local
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Person
Maria Teresa Kumar is the co-founder and CEO of Voto Latino and a long-time MSNBC contributor. Kumar is a member of the National Task Force on Election Crises.
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Person
Tammy Patrick is a former Arizona election official who studies, writes, and speaks about election administration in the United States. She advocates for more ballot-drop boxes, more early voting, and additional mail-in voting, even calling for prepaid postage on absentee ballots mailed to voters. She is on the board of
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Other Group
Republicans for Voting Rights (RVR) advocates for loosened voting requirements and opposes election integrity legislation. While the organization is nominally right-of-center, claiming to represent Republican Party voters, it explicitly targets Republican lawmakers and policy advocates who support measures aimed at preventing voter fraud and election manipulation. RVR also calls on
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Person
Pamela Smith is a left-of-center election law activist known for her opposition to electronic voting. 227 She works as president and CEO of