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LibertyVote!
Revitalizing
Democracy in Los Angeles
ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 4, 2008!
LibertyVote! is a groundbreaking non-partisan voter engagement and mobilization program.
Accomplishments:
More than 35,000 low-income men and women have been registered to vote.
A rise in voter turnout of 5 to 14%. In some neighborhoods, an 80%
turnout has been achieved.
$400,000 in grants and stipends to dozens of community organizations in low-income neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles.
100,000 copies of our bilingual easy-to-understand voter guide distributed.
Read more about LibertyVote! in The
Next New Thing in electoral engagement, first published in The Nation magazine. Other news:
Read Elections: Rouse A Slumbering Democracy, op-ed in La Opinión (a Spanish and English
version are posted here).
Read Voter Apathy?, It's Not that Simple, op-ed in the L.A.
Times.
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