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March 24, 2008

Group to Unveil National Nonprofit Voter-Participation Campaign

A group that aims to get nonprofit organizations more involved in nonpartisan election activities will unveil the 2008 National Nonprofit Vote Campaign on April 1.

The campaign, created by the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, will provide training, information, legal resources, how-to guides, and materials such as bumper stickers and posters to help nonprofit groups get voters to the polls for the November elections.

“Our belief is that nonprofits are the sleeping giant of the democratic process,” said Bridgette Rongitsch, director of the network, a project of the Minnesota Council on Nonprofits. “These groups have daily contact and super trusting relationships with the people they work for. These are the same communities who are not turning out [to vote] in big numbers.”

The Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network—which was created in 2005 and has received money from foundations including the Carnegie Corporation, Open Society Institute, and Tides Foundation—has so far focused mostly on voter-participation projects in the states of Ohio, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota.

The Nonprofit Vote Campaign is the group’s first effort to reach out to nonprofit groups in all 50 states, Ms. Rongitsch said. As of April 1, its Web site will serve as a “one-stop shop” for information and resources about nonprofit voter-participation activities.

— Suzanne Perry

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