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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
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Program design by Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica). Program execution by a national civic organization (NCO). Program evaluation by Scott L. Minkoff, Ph.D. & Christopher B. Mann, Ph.D. Executive Summary For the 2019 election, NCO continued its voter mobilization billboard program in four states: Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi, and Kentucky. In
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Debra Cleaver here, founder and CEO of VoteAmerica. Every so often I send an email update to everyone in my work contacts. There are about 4000 contacts, and almost all are people I know personally. Apparently these emails are fun to read. So in the interest of spreading joy, I’
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Sent as an email on September 14, 2020 Subject line: Come hang out with Mary Trump Hey friend, 50 days until the election, 15 days until the first debate (which may or may not happen), and so many fun things going on with VoteAmerica. But I’ll start with Mary
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Debra Cleaver here, founder and CEO of VoteAmerica. Every so often I send an email update to everyone in my work contacts. There are about 4000 contacts, and almost all are people I know personally. Apparently these emails are fun to read. So in the interest of spreading joy, I’
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Debra Cleaver here, founder and CEO of VoteAmerica. Every so often I send an email update to everyone in my work contacts. There are about 4000 contacts, and almost all are people I know personally. Apparently these emails are fun to read. So in the interest of spreading joy, I’
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President Trump continues his attempts to delegitimize the election months before it takes place. First he launched a sustained attack against voting by mail, then he suggested delaying the election. He’s even placed a campaign donor with clear conflicts of interest as Postmaster General of the United States Postal
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Debra Cleaver here, founder and CEO of VoteAmerica. Every so often I send an email update to everyone in my work contacts. There are about 4000 contacts, and almost all are people I know personally. Apparently these emails are fun to read. So in the interest of spreading joy, I’
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Debra Cleaver, CEO of VoteAmerica here. I have some positive news to share, which I’m sure we can all use right now. After months of hard work: 1. VoteAmerica launched our summer research program 2. And a full suite of powerful, open-sourced voter turnout tools 3. And now we
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Program conception and fundraising by Debra Cleaver. Randomized controlled trial (RCT) experiment design and analysis by Christopher Mann, Ph.D. Program implementation by a National Civic Organization NCO. Program goals * We wanted to determine the most effective messaging on both the recipient and the recipients' households. These are respectively
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These days, standing in line next to other people can kill you, and yet there are lines everywhere. Lines for unemployment in Florida. Lines for food in Ohio. Lines to vote in Wisconsin. In fact, we’ve just learned that at least 67 Wisconsinites got COVID-19 after voting or working