America Coming Together (ACT) was a liberal, political action, 527 group dedicated to get-out-the-vote activities. A 527 group is a type of American Tax-exempt organization named after a section of the United States tax code,. " Get out the vote," sometimes " GOTV," is a term used to describe two categories of political activity both aimed at increasing the number of votes cast ACT did not specifically endorse any political party, but mostly worked on behalf of Democratic candidates. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. They were the largest 527 group in 2004 and were planning on being involved in races in the future. They were primarily funded by Peter Lewis, George Soros, and labor unions, especially the Service Employees International Union, and led by Steve Rosenthal, who is the former political director for the AFL-CIO. Peter B Lewis (born 1933 is the Cleveland Ohio -area based chairman of Progressive Insurance Companies. George Soros (ˈsɔroʊs or /ˈsɔrəs/ Hungarian ˈʃoroʃ (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Service Employees International Union ( SEIU) is a labor union representing more than 2 million workers In Florida a high-profile strike at the University of Miami American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a National trade union center, the largest federation of

In the last three weeks leading up to the 2004 presidential and congressional elections, ACT planned on funding over 12 million phone calls to targeted voters and having canvassers hand-deliver 11 million pieces of literature at targeted doorsteps. The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States. On Election Day, ACT had projected to have 45,000 paid canvassers in the battleground states and spent over $10 million on Election Day. They had 86 offices open every day and a staff of 4000 and a goal of reinforcing the army of 45,000 paid canvassers with 25,000 volunteers.

In the Fall of 2004, the group was featured on the Frontline Documentary, The Persuaders. Their particular segment was focused on their usage the more commonly-practiced tactic of narrowcasting. Narrowcasting has traditionally been understood as the dissemination of information (usually by radio or television to a narrow audience not to the general public

In 2005 ACT was in the process of being wound down. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[1] Its website was not renewed and is no longer operational.

The Federal Election Commission recently announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with ACT for violations of various federal campaign finance laws during the 2004 US preidential campaign. The Federal Election Commission (or FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the ACT has agreed to pay $775,000 in fines. ^[2]

References

External links

• Opensecrets.org ACT Profile

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