Every Voice

{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox organization | name = Every Voice | native_name = | named_after = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | predecessor = | merged_into = | successor = | formation = 1997 | founder = | founding_location = | extinction =  | merger = | type = | tax_id =  | registration_id =  | status = | purpose = To oppose "big money" in politics<ref name=argus>{{cite news|last1=Montgomery|first1=David|title=Ad campaign attacks Rounds over EB-5 program|url=http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2014/09/18/ad-campaign-attacks-rounds-eb-program/15852449/|accessdate=26 May 2015|publisher=Argus Leader|date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> | headquarters = | location = Washington D.C. | coordinates =  | region_served = | services = | products = | methods = Political advocacy<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gold|first1=Matea|title=Big money in politics emerges as a rising issue in 2016 campaign|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/big-money-in-politics-emerges-as-a-rising-issue-in-2016-campaign/2015/04/19/c695cbb8-e51c-11e4-905f-cc896d379a32_story.html|accessdate=26 May 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 19, 2015}}</ref> | fields = | membership = | num_members_year = | language = | owner =  | secretary_general = | leader_title = President and CEO | leader_name = David Donnelly | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = Zephyr Teachout | key_people = | main_organ = | parent_organization = | subsidiaries = Every Voice Action (Super PAC) | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = $1,547,909 (2013)<ref>{{cite web|title=IRS Form 990 2013|url=http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/522/032/2013-522032544-0af95f8e-9O.pdf|website=GuideStar|publisher=Internal Revenue Service|accessdate=26 May 2015}}</ref> | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | slogan = | mission = | website = {{URL|http://www.everyvoice.org}} (Inactive) | remarks = | former_name = Public Campaign Action Fund<ref name=huffpo>{{cite news|last1=Blumenthal|first1=Paul|title=Campaign Finance Reformers Regroup With New Goal: To 'Win The Debate On Solutions'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/campaign-finance-reform_n_5642339.html|accessdate=26 May 2015|publisher=Huffington Post|date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> | footnotes = }}

'''Every Voice''' was an American nonprofit, progressive liberal political advocacy organization.<ref name="Politico">[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/meet-the-liberals-who-love-trump-121733/ Meet the Liberals Who Think Trump's Good For Democracy]; ''Politico''; July 28, 2015</ref><ref name=fact>{{cite news|title=A Sour Note From 'Every Voice'|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2014/08/a-sour-note-from-every-voice/|accessdate=26 May 2015|work=FactCheck.org|publisher=Annenberg Public Policy Center|date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> The organization was formed in 2014 upon the merger of the '''Public Campaign Action Fund''', a 501(c)(4) group, and the Friends of Democracy. Every Voice, along with its affiliated Super PAC, Every Voice Action, advocated for campaign finance reform in the United States via public financing of political campaigns and limitations on political donations.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Berman|first1=Ari|title=How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/207713/how-money-primary-undermining-voting-rights|accessdate=26 May 2015|publisher=The Nation|date=May 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Harding|first1=Robert|title=Every Voice, pro-campaign finance reform group, unveils two mailers targeting John Katko|url=http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/every-voice-pro-campaign-finance-reform-group-unveils-two-mailers/article_0fd8124a-548b-11e4-b618-c7a219e2b840.html|accessdate=26 May 2015|publisher=The Citizen|date=October 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Newlin Carney|first1=Eliza|title=Republicans Join Attacks on Big Money |url=http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/republicans-join-attacks-on-big-money/|accessdate=26 May 2015|publisher=Roll Call|date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> The organization's president, David Donnelly, has said "We fully embrace the irony of working through a Super PAC to fight the influence of Super PACs."<ref name=argus/>

Every Voice has advocated legislative proposals pushed by United States Representatives Tom Petri (R-WI) and John Sarbanes (D-MD) which would match small-donor contributions with public funds.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Confessore|first1=Nicholas|title=Spending Big to Fight Big Donors in Campaigns|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/us/spending-big-to-fight-big-donors.html|accessdate=26 May 2015|work=New York Times|date=July 28, 2014}}</ref> The organization has also supported Todd Tiahrt (R), who has an "anti-money-in-politics" message, while targeting Mitch McConnell, who opposes campaign finance reform.<ref name=huffpo/> In 2014, Every Voice ran advertisements opposing Republican Representative Mike Pompeo. FactCheck.org rated one of the group's advertisements against Pompeo as "inaccurate and misleading".<ref name=fact/>

==Public Campaign== '''Public Campaign''' was a non-profit, non-partisan organization that aims to reduce the role of special interest money in American politics. Public Campaign worked to bring publicly funded elections to local, state, and federal elections. Based in Washington, DC, Public Campaign was founded in 1997. As of 2015, seven states and two cities had some form of publicly funded elections.<ref>{{usurped|1=[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150304190558/http://publicampaign.org/about About Us]}}; ''Public Campaign'' website; April, 2015</ref>

Public Campaign, an organization whose board of directors consisted of eight individuals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publicampaign.org/about/directors-funders |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150304190610/http://publicampaign.org/about/directors%2Dfunders |archive-date=4 March 2015 |title=Board of Directors and Funders |url-status=usurped |accessdate=28 January 2013 }}</ref> published several reports about the role of money in the political process, including the ''Color of Money'' report, that detailed that a majority of campaign contributions to presidential candidates are from upper class white neighborhoods.

In December 2011, Public Campaign published a report detailing the tax avoidance and lobbying efforts conducted by 30 very large American corporations between 2008 and 2010. The report states that of the 30 companies, 29 paid no taxes and received tax rebates totaling $10.6 billion, while spending $475.6 million on lobbying (or $400,000 per day, including weekends) and $22 million on federal campaigns, while in some cases increasing executive compensation ($706 million altogether in 2010) and laying off tens of thousands of workers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Portero|first=Ashley|title=30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes, 2008-2010|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/264481/20111209/30-major-u-s-corporations-paid-lobby.htm|work=International Business Times|date=9 December 2011 |accessdate=26 December 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107173713/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/264481/20111209/30-major-u-s-corporations-paid-lobby.htm|archivedate=7 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Public Campaign was a 501(c)(3) organization which paid no taxes and received tax-deductible contributions. Unlike a 501(c)(4) — contributions to which are not tax deductible — as a 501(c)(3) "it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exemption-Requirements-Section-501(c)(3)-Organizations |title=Exemption requirements: 501(c)(3) organizations |access-date=2022-01-27 |archive-date=2016-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515084722/https://www.irs.gov/Charities-%26-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Exemption-Requirements-Section-501(c)(3)-Organizations |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Friends of Democracy== Friends of Democracy PAC, a political action committee and super PAC, was formed in 2012 by Jonathan Soros. It had an office in Washington, D.C., and three staff members. The group's stated goal was campaign finance reform and reducing the influence of large donors. In the 2012 congressional elections, it spent more than $1.7 million supporting eight candidates, seven of whom won their elections. It had a particular focus on campaign reform in New York State, and also sought to endorse Republicans who pledged to support campaign finance reform, those who Soros compared to John McCain.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/jonathan-soros-the-pac-to-end-all-pacs-105123/ | title=The PAC to End All PACs |last=Freedlander | first=David |work=Politico Magazine |date=2014-03-27 |access-date=2026-04-19}}</ref>

==Nick Nyhart==  Nick Nyhart is the president and CEO of Every Voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/17/EDGRMLJJCC1.DTL&hw=clean+money&sn=003&sc=709|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525030805/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/17/EDGRMLJJCC1.DTL&hw=clean+money&sn=003&sc=709|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2011|title=How to 'drain the swamp'|work=SFGate|date=17 December 2006 |accessdate=5 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/opinion/l26finance.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fLetters&oref=slogin|title=When Money Talks, Do Voters Lose? (5 Letters)|work=The New York Times |date=26 January 2007 |publisher=|accessdate=5 November 2014}}</ref> Prior to his role at Public Campaign, Nyhart directed a six-state campaign finance organizing project for Northeast Action for initiatives on publicly funded elections in Maine and Massachusetts.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} He previously worked as a community organizer on electoral coalition politics and other political issues in Connecticut.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

==See also== * Mayday PAC * Issue One

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Category:United States political action committees Category:Campaign finance reform in the United States