| 词条 | America Votes |
| 释义 |
America Votes was created prior to the 2004 election by Ellen Malcolm, the founder of EMILY's List; former Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope; Harold Ickes; Steve Rosenthal; and Andy Stern, the former president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU).[4] Greg Speed serves as president of the organization.[5] ActivitiesAccording to the Center for Public Integrity, "America Votes, a national liberal nonprofit group with significant union funding, made the 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin recall elections a top priority, providing a major cash infusion to a handful of groups that helped organize the efforts." America Votes donated $940,000 toward the ultimately unsuccessful recall effort against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.[1] FundingAmerica Votes does not disclose its donors. The group raised $12.7 million in 2013, and projects revenue of $8.5 million in 2014. According to the Center for Public Integrity, "Between 40 percent and 50 percent of that sum is projected to come from wealthy donors connected to the Democracy Alliance, a secretive nonprofit whose funders include the likes of billionaire investor George Soros and author, horticulturalist and philanthropist Amy Goldman."[6] DonorsThe following groups have donated to America Votes:[6][7]
Member organizationsThe following groups are listed on the America Votes website as "national partners":
References1. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Wollner|first1=Adam|title='America Votes' spent nearly $1 million on Wisconsin recall|url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/08/19/13176/america-votes-spent-nearly-1-million-wisconsin-recall|accessdate=12 August 2014|publisher=Center for Public Integrity|date=2013-08-19}} 2. ^{{cite news|last=Luo|first=Michael|title=Shifts for Soft-Money Groups|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906EED8103FF934A15755C0A96E9C8B63|accessdate=25 September 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 27, 2008}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Silver|first1=Jonathan|title=Fliers try to shame Democrats, indies into voting Tuesday|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2014/11/01/Fliers-try-to-shame-Democrats-indies-into-voting-Tuesday/stories/201410310221|accessdate=30 November 2014|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=November 1, 2014}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=Lester|first=Beth|title=Coalition Of Dem-Leaning Groups Rally Behind Kerry|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/28/politics/main620236.shtml|accessdate=25 September 2010|newspaper=CBS News|date=May 31, 2004}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Leadership|url=http://www.americavotes.org/about/leadership|publisher=America Votes|accessdate=12 August 2014}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Beckel|first1=Michael|title=Who’s bankrolling secretive liberal group America Votes?|url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/05/21/14791/who-s-bankrolling-secretive-liberal-group-america-votes|accessdate=12 August 2014|publisher=Center for Public Integrity|date=2014-05-21}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Choma|first1=Russ|title=Liberal Group With Ties to Unions Ends Donor Disclosure|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/08/patriot-majority/|accessdate=12 August 2014|work=Open Secrets|publisher=Center for Responsive Politics|date=2012-08-23}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Blumenthal|first1=Paul|title=Nothing Really Compares To The Koch Brothers' Political Empire|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/koch-brothers-liberal-counterpart_n_5113492.html|accessdate=22 February 2015|publisher=Huffington Post|date=April 9, 2014}} 9. ^{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Mark Leon|title=Ashes of ACT|url=http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=ashes_of_act|accessdate=25 September 2010|newspaper=The American Prospect|date=February 20, 2006}} External links
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