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America Votes is a 527 group non-partisan political organization formed in July 2003 made up of a coalition of grassroots political groups to coordinate their work in the swing states on the 2004 presidential election. It works to 'increase voter registration, education and participation in electoral politics'. Cecile Richards , daugher of former Texas Governor Ann Richards and veteran labor and political organizer serves as president.1 Member Organizations
Each organization paid $50,000 to be a member of America Votes. Combined they represent 20 million Americans.
- ACORN
- AFL-CIO
- AFSCME
- America Coming Together (ACT)
- American Federation of Teachers
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence United With the Million Mom March
- Clean Water Action
- Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
- Democracy for America
- EMILY's List
- Environment2004
- The Human Rights Campaign
- League of Conservation Voters
- The Media Fund
- MoveOn.org Voter Fund
- Moving America Forward
- Music for America
- NAACP National Voter Fund
- NARAL Pro-Choice AmericaNARAL Pro-Choice America (pronounced "Nay-ral") is a United States group that favors legal abortions and opposes restrictions on the right to abort. NARAL is often used as a short form of the name; the group was founded as the National Abortion Rights Act
- National Education AssociationThe National Education Association NEA is the largest union of teachers in the United States. 7 million members who teach every level of education from nursery school to University level. It is headquartered in Washington DC, and has an annual operating b
- National Jewish Democratic Council
- National Treasury Employees Union
- Partnership for America's Families
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- SEIU
- Sierra ClubThe Sierra Club is an environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known conservationist/preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The Sierra Club has hundreds of thousands of members in chap
- USAction
- Voices for Working Families
- Young Voter Alliance (made up of: National Stonewall Democrats, The League of Hip Hop Voters, Young Democrats of America, Move On Student Action, The League of Pissed Off Voters)
- 21st Century Democrats21st Century Democrats is a political organization active since 2000 in assisting candidates it describes as "progressive" or "populist" in winning elections. Its strategy puts emphasis on training large numbers of organizers to work at the grassroots lev
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Political advocacy groups in the U.S.
