¶ MoveOn.org Voter Fund
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The MoveOn.org Voter Fund was an American 527 non-profit political organization affiliated with MoveOn.
¶ History
The MoveOn.org Voter Fund was founded in 2003 to combat the re-election of president George W. Bush.[1] In 2003, It quickly raised some $15 million in small and large donations. These funds fuelled numerous multi-million dollar ad campaigns during the 2004 election cycle, criticizing Bush on key issues like the Iraq War and the loss of domestic manufacturing jobs during his term.[1:1]
In April 2004, however, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) notified MoveOn that its Voter Fund was likely violating numerous campaign finance laws.[2]
In December 2006, the FEC announced that the MoveOn.org Voter Fund "had violated election laws by acting as political action committees while not registering with or filing reports listing donors and contributions with the agency," resulting in a $150,000 penalty.[3]
The MoveOn.org Voter Fund was officially closed on June 20, 2008, after a dormant period.[4]
¶ Funding
Donors to the Voter Fund included:[5][1:2]
- Adelaide Gomer
- Barbara Streisand
- Gail Furman
- George Soros
- John Stroud
- Jonathan Soros
- Herbert Sandler
- Matt Damon
- Peter Lewis
¶ External links
Neuman, J. (2003, December 4). Moveon.org’s Ad Campaign Targets U.S. Spending on Iraq. Los Angeles Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20231016220157/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-04-na-moveon4-story.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Toner, M. E. (2006, August 9). Re: MUR 5754, MoveOn.org Voter Fund. Federal Election Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20220403075644/https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/murs/5754/000058A7.pdf ↩︎
Phillips, K. (2006, December 14). Settlements Including Fines Are Reached in Election Finance Cases of Three Groups. New York Times. http://archive.today/2024.04.02-183840/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/us/politics/14fec.html ↩︎
Smith, B. (2008, June 20). Closing MoveOn’s 527. Politico. http://archive.today/2024.04.02-193324/https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2008/06/closing-moveons-527-009846 ↩︎
Moveon.org Voter Fund PAC Donors - 2004. OpenSecrets. Retrieved April 2, 2024, from https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/moveon-org-voter-fund/C00431437/donors/2004 ↩︎