Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
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| leader_name = Chris Melody Fields Figueredo
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The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) is a liberal American advocacy organization which tries to motivate voters to go to the polls through the strategic deployment of liberal-oriented ballot initiatives.{{cite news|last1=Benton Cooney|first1=Jessica|title=Wage Initiatives Motivate Voters, Study Finds|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/02/22/cq_2315.html?pagewanted=print|accessdate=13 August 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2007-02-22}} The group provides legal advice and political expertise for left-leaning ballot measure campaigns.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/06/19082/national-liberal-groups-push-record-number-2016-ballot-measures|title=National liberal groups to push 'record' number of 2016 ballot measures |website=publicintegrity.com |date=2016-01-06 |accessdate=2017-01-06}}
Organization
BISC was founded in 1999. In 2007, BISC moved into an office on K Street.{{cite news|last1=Patch|first1=Jeff|title=Liberal Beachhead Established on K Street|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2894.html|accessdate=13 August 2014|work=Politico|date=2007-02-26}}
Focus
Funding
BISC does not publicly disclose its donors.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} The group has received financial support from billionaire George Soros and his Open Society Institute, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the Ford Foundation, and the National Education Association.{{cite news|last1=Fund|first1=John|title=Taking the Initiative|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB122529622311180629|accessdate=13 August 2014|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=2006-10-16}}{{cite web |title=Ballot Initiative Strategy Center |url=http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/committee.phtml?c=12443| publisher=OpenSecrets}}{{cite web|title=Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation|url=http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants/grantdetails?grantid=119126|publisher=Ford Foundation|accessdate=13 August 2014}} BISC is a member of America Votes, a 501(c)(4) organization that aims "to coordinate and promote progressive issues."{{cite web|title=National Partners|url=http://www.americavotes.org/nationalpartnerspage|publisher=America Votes|accessdate=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701062944/http://www.americavotes.org/nationalpartnerspage|archive-date=1 July 2014|url-status=dead}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | last=Magleby | first=D.B. | last2=Magleby | first2=D.P.P.S.D.B. | last3=Patterson | first3=K.D. | title=Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal, and Campaign Finance in the 2006 Election | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-317-26334-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2T8eCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 | accessdate=December 16, 2016 | page=55}}
External links
- [http://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_Initiative_Strategy_Center Ballotpedia profile]
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Category:Progressive organizations in the United States
Category:501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations
Category:Political advocacy groups in the United States
Category:Ballot measures in the United States
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