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Program team: Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica), Page Gardner (VPC), Christopher Mann (Skidmore College). Experiment design and analysis by Michael Schwam-Baird, Jeff Ferguson, and Miya Woolfalk, all of the Analyst Institute. Executive summary In the lead up to the December 2017 US Senate special election in Alabama, two national civic organizations (NCO)
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Increasing Voter Turnout: An Investigation of the Efficacy of Billboard and Street Advertisements in the 2017 Virginia Gubernatorial Election Program design by Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica), program analysis by Molly Graepel (Grad student Harvard University). Professor Janina Matuszeski Professor Matthew Baum (Harvard University) served as faculty advisors. Additional evaluation support by
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Debra Cleaver here. I originally published the below on Medium on August 31, 2017. At the time I was the founder and CEO of Vote.org. Now I am the founder and CEO of VoteAmerica. I've reprinted the article here because that Medium publication is long gone. Chances
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Program conception, design, and fundraising by Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica). Funding for the initial pilot by the Knight Foundation. Analysis by Pantheon Analytics. Originally published on June 26, 2017. Program implemented by a national civic organization (NCO). Executive Summary In analyses of five states where NCO’s E-Sign feature was implemented,
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Can you use unsolicited text messages to register voters? In 2016, this was a novel question. Project conception, fundraising, staffing, and implementation by Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica). Experiment design and evaluation by the Analyst Institute and Christopher Mann (Skidmore). Technology platform built by Hustle.com. Almost all funding for this project
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Project conception, fundraising, and execution by Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica). Funding provided by the Y Combinator Investor Community. Technology platform by Hustle.com Experiment analysis and memo prepared by by Alex Gold, Josh Rosmarin, Lena Tom, and Miya Woolfalk, all of the Analyst Institute. Executive Summary A national civic organization (NCO)
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Analysis by Sarah Michelsen, Arizona State University, PAF 573, November, 30 2015. NB: Permanent Early Voting is an Arizona-specific term. Most other states that offer something similar call it "permanent absentee voting" or "single-signup" Voter Participation in Arizona In November 2014, only 47.52% of Arizona’