iVote
| iVote | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | PAC |
| Top official: | Ellen Kurz, President |
| Year founded: | 2014 |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2018, iVote was a national political action committee (PAC) that, according to the group's website, aimed to "secure voting rights for all Americans." The group sought to elect Democratic candidates to secretary of state positions and to implement automatic voter registration policies across the country. The organization was headquartered in Washington, D.C.[1][2][3]
Background
iVote was established in 2014 by a group of Democratic political strategists and campaign veterans. According to the organization's website in 2017, the group's primary goal was to "secure voting rights for all Americans."[1][2]
iVote aimed to achieve its goal by supporting Democratic candidates for secretary of state. The group made independent expenditures in 2014 to support Democratic secretary of state candidates in Nevada, Colorado, Ohio and Iowa. The group continued its support of Democratic secretary of state candidates in the 2016 election cycle.[1]
iVote also sought to enact automatic voter registration policies across the country. The group claimed that automatic voter registration policies could increase voter registration by allowing individuals to opt out of voter registration when they renew their driver's license. Many similar existing policies allowed voters to opt-in to voter registration, a process that iVote claims results in large numbers of unregistered eligible voters. In 2015, iVote supported successful legislation to implement automatic voter registration in California.[1][5]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
During the 2016 election cycle, iVote organized a multi-million dollar investment strategy to support ballot measure initiatives across the country. In 2018, the group supported the 2018 Nevada Automatic Voter Registration via DMV Initiative, which proposed to provide for the automatic voter registration of eligible citizens when receiving certain services from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).[4]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details iVote's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for iVote | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| Nevada Question 5, Automatic Voter Registration via DMV Initiative (2018) | 2018 | Supported[4] |  Approved
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Leadership
As of April 2017, the following individuals held leadership positions with iVote:[1]
Board of directors
- Ellen Kurz, President
- Jeremy Bird
- Doug Sosnik
- Pete Giangreco
- Rachael Cobb
- Frank Smith
- Michael Blake
- Valeisha Butterfield-Jones
Recent news
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See also
- Nevada Question 5, Automatic Voter Registration via DMV Initiative (2018)
- Nevada 2018 ballot measures
- Election administration in Nevada
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 iVote, "iVote Overview," accessed April 20, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Politico, "iVote targets state secretary races," January 30, 2014
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, iVote Form 990 2014, accessed April 20, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Salon, "Nevada Democrats poised to implement automatic voter registration," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ 270 Strategies, "Our results," accessed April 20, 2017
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