Alaska Conservation Voters
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| Alaska Conservation Voters | |
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| Location: | Anchorage, Alaska |
| Type: | 501(c)(4) |
| Top official: | Polly Carr, Executive Director |
| Year founded: | 1991 |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2016, Alaska Conservation Voters (ACV) was a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. The organization advocated for policies and laws that "protect and conserve the natural resources."[1]
Mission
According to ACV website, the group's mission was as follows:[1]
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Alaska Conservation Voters engages and empowers Alaskans to protect and conserve the natural resources that support our unique quality of life for current and future generations. ACV advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, cultivates and elects pro-environmental candidates, and holding decision makers accountable for their actions.[2] |
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Background
The Alaska Conservation Voters was a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. The group advocated for environmental policy that "protects and conserves Alaska's natural resources". The group not only supportde laws and policies, but also endorsed candidates who support the ACV's mission.[3] The ACV trains, promotes, and campaigns for candidates and educates voters on their platforms.[3]
The ACV worked with its sister organization the Alaska Center for the Environment in environmental education on issues such as salmon, clean energy, and climate change.[3] The group had three focus areas of impact, which were as follows:[4]
- Wild Salmon: "Salmon are the bedrock of our cultures, economy, identity, and way of life. Extractive industries like mining destroy critical salmon habitat, threatening our world class ecosystems and the future of our communities."
- Communities: "The health and vitality of our communities have been jeopardized by poor planning, massive resource extraction projects, and disregard for Alaskans. We deserve safe, healthy and vibrant communities that are built around strong environmental and conservation values."
- Voice: "The voice of the people –not outside corporations- is critical to determining the proper care of our resources and Alaskans should have a say in the decisions that impact our environment and communities."
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
Alaska Voter Registration via the Permanent Fund Dividend Application, Ballot Measure 1 (2016)
In 2016, the Alaska Conservation Voters was advocating for the passage of Alaska's Voter Registration via the Permanent Fund Dividend Application, Ballot Measure, which proposed to register voting-age Alaskans to vote when submitting an annual permanent fund dividend application, unless they opt out. The measure appeared on the ballot on November 8, 2016.[5]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details Alaska Conservation Voters' ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for Alaska Conservation Voters | |||
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| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| Alaska Voter Registration via the Permanent Fund Dividend Application, Ballot Measure 1 (2016) | 2016 | Supported[5] |  Approved
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Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ACV, "Home," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ACV, "About Us," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ ACV, "Issues," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 State of Alaska, "APOC Online Reports," accessed August 16, 2016
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