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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Every_Voice > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Every_Voice.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Voice > Source revision: 1350459798 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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{{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}} | headquarters = | location = [Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.) | coordinates = | region_served = | services = | products = | methods = Political advocacy{{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}} | 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](/source/Zephyr_Teachout) | key_people = | main_organ = | parent_organization = | subsidiaries = Every Voice Action (Super PAC) | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = $1,547,909 (2013){{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}} | 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{{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}} | footnotes = }} '''Every Voice''' was an American nonprofit, progressive liberal political advocacy organization.[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](/source/Politico)''; July 28, 2015{{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}} 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](/source/campaign_finance_reform_in_the_United_States) via [public financing of political campaigns](/source/Publicly_funded_elections) and limitations on political donations.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} 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." Every Voice has advocated legislative proposals pushed by United States Representatives [Tom Petri](/source/Tom_Petri) (R-WI) and [John Sarbanes](/source/John_Sarbanes) (D-MD) which would match small-donor contributions with public funds.{{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}} The organization has also supported [Todd Tiahrt](/source/Todd_Tiahrt) (R), who has an "anti-money-in-politics" message, while targeting [Mitch McConnell](/source/Mitch_McConnell), who opposes campaign finance reform. In 2014, Every Voice ran advertisements opposing Republican Representative [Mike Pompeo](/source/Mike_Pompeo). [FactCheck.org](/source/FactCheck.org) rated one of the group's advertisements against Pompeo as "inaccurate and misleading". ==Public Campaign== '''Public Campaign''' was a non-profit, non-partisan organization that aims to reduce the role of special interest money in [American politics](/source/American_politics). Public Campaign worked to bring [publicly funded elections](/source/publicly_funded_elections) to local, state, and federal elections. Based in [Washington, DC](/source/Washington%2C_DC), Public Campaign was founded in 1997. As of 2015, seven states and two cities had some form of publicly funded elections.{{usurped|1=[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150304190558/http://publicampaign.org/about About Us]}}; ''Public Campaign'' website; April, 2015 Public Campaign, an organization whose board of directors consisted of eight individuals,{{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 }} 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](/source/tax_avoidance) and [lobbying](/source/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.{{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](/source/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}} 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."{{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 }} ==Friends of Democracy== Friends of Democracy PAC, a political action committee and super PAC, was formed in 2012 by [Jonathan Soros](/source/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](/source/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_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](/source/New_York_(state)), and also sought to endorse Republicans who pledged to support campaign finance reform, those who Soros compared to [John McCain](/source/John_McCain).{{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}} ==Nick Nyhart== Nick Nyhart is the president and CEO of Every Voice.{{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}}{{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}} Prior to his role at Public Campaign, Nyhart directed a six-state campaign finance organizing project for [Northeast Action](/source/Northeast_Action) for initiatives on publicly funded elections in [Maine](/source/Maine) and [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} He previously worked as a [community organizer](/source/community_organizing) on [electoral coalition](/source/electoral_coalition) politics and other political issues in [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut).{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} ==See also== * [Mayday PAC](/source/Mayday_PAC) * [Issue One](/source/Issue_One) ==References== {{reflist}} Category:United States political action committees Category:Campaign finance reform in the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Every Voice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Voice) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Voice?action=history)). 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