Analysis and memo prepared by Professor Scott Minkoff. Scott Minkoff is associate professor of political science at SUNY New Paltz and the co-author of Politics on Display: Yard Signs and the Politicization of Social Spaces (2019, Oxford University Press). Summary For the 2020 general election cycle, VoteAmerica ran a billboard
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I send an email to the VoteAmerica VIP list about once a month. This is a relatively small email list that reaches a few thousand people. Folks on that list have asked me to cross-post the emails on publicly so they can share with their friends. This email has been
WHY NAVAJO NATION: At more than 18,000 square miles, the Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation alone is larger and more populous than any other reservation in the country. Yet, it has only 27 postal locations, some of them open just three or four hours a day. This is
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VoteAmerica’s E-Sign technology Written by Ben Weissmann (VoteAmerica), and originally published on Medium. Republished here with permission. Americans don’t need to be convinced to vote. They need to be able to vote. It’s harder to vote in the United States than in any other nation with democratically-elected
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Written by Ben Weissmann (VoteAmerica) and originally published on the Twilio Blog. At VoteAmerica, we work to help Americans register to vote, and request vote-by-mail (also known as absentee) ballots. We use technology to remove barriers to voting and make sure that everyone can vote safely, easily, and securely. The
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Originally sent as an email on October 29, 2020 On October 20, 2020, I wrote to you to say that we needed to close a $985,000 funding gap. As of an hour ago, that gap is down to $19,000. Closing this gap in 9 days wasn’t easy.
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About once a week I send an email to the VoteAmerica Insiders list. At the request of many of the recipients, I’ve decided to cross post these emails on publicly. Feel free to share and to donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/voteamerica-medium VoteAmerica is a voter turnout organization,
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The effects of college advertising on 2019 turnout in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi Analysis by Pantheon Analytics. Program designed by Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica), Alex Kronman (Flytedesk), and Christopher Mann (Skidmore College). Originally published on October 15, 2020. Executive Summary During the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Flytedesk,
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About once a week I send an email to the VoteAmerica Insiders list. At the request of many of the recipients, I’ve decided to cross post these emails on online. Feel free to share and to donate. A donate link is at the bottom. Hey friends. An October 2016
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NB: Once a week or so I send an email to my personal contacts. People have asked me to cross-post on this blog so they can share. The emails are slightly edited (I remove my personal info), but otherwise unchanged. Hey friend, Well that debate was certainly energizing. I’m
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Prepared by: Rachael Firestone, M.A. and Christopher Mann, Ph.D. with Annie Wang, J.D. Originally published on September 28, 2020 Summary: In large-scale randomized controlled tests during the June primaries in five states, VoteAmerica demonstrated that treatments using MMS text messaging and robocalls generate significant increases in the
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Prepared by: Rachael Firestone, M.A. and Christopher Mann, Ph.D. with Annie Wang, J.D. Published: September 23, 2020 Summary: In a large-scale randomized controlled test during the June 2020 primaries in three states, VoteAmerica demonstrated that treatments using SMS messaging generate significant increases in mail ballot requests and