Fair Fight
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| Fair Fight | |
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| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Type: | Hybrid PAC |
| Founder(s): | Stacey Abrams |
| Year founded: | 2018 |
| Website: | Official website |
Fair Fight is a hybrid PAC founded by Stacey Abrams in 2018.[1][2][3] According to the organization's website, its areas of focus include voter registration, ballot access, and vote counting.[4] The affiliated organization Fair Fight Action was originally called Voter Access Institute and was formed in 2014.[5]
Mission
As of February 2020, Fair Fight's website stated the following:[6]
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We promote fair elections in Georgia and around the country, encourage voter participation in elections, and educate voters about elections and their voting rights. Fair Fight brings awareness to the public on election reform, advocates for election reform at all levels, and engages in targeted voter registration and other voter outreach programs and communications. [7] |
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Background
Fair Fight was founded in 2018 by Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia state representative and the 2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee.[2][3] The affiliated organization Fair Fight Action was originally called Voter Access Institute and was formed in 2014.[5] Fair Fight and Fair Fight Action share a joint website and social media pages.
Activity
Fair Fight 2020
According to Abrams, Fair Fight 2020 was launched in August 2019 as an initiative "dedicated to funding, training, and supporting voter protection teams in battleground states across the country."[8]
Georgia
- CBS News reported that Fair Fight Action was spending more than $4 million toward the January 5, 2021, U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia.[9]
- Click the links below for more on Georgia's Senate runoff races:
- In January 2020, Abrams listed the following ways Fair Fight had been involved in Georgia elections:[8]
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Fair Fight and Fair Fight Action have worked to make sure communities across Georgia can make their voices heard and have their votes counted in every single election. During the municipal elections of 2019, we organized texting and phone banks to contact Georgians to make sure they could make their voices heard. The Democratic Party of Georgia has a voter protection hotline (888-730-5816) to answer questions about voting, and we make sure voters know they can call that number year-round, including in the so-called “off years.” We invested resources to support progressive candidates where our support could make a difference. Of the 15 candidates, we endorsed, 10 won, including a new mayor of Savannah. In addition, Fair Fight Action pursued advocacy and litigation efforts that led to approximately 26,500 Georgia voters remaining on the roles – voters who otherwise would have been purged. More recently, we have begun focusing our efforts on making sure that counties and precincts have adequate resources for the March 24 presidential primary. We are holding the Secretary of State accountable for providing proper resources and training to local elections officials so every eligible Georgian can participate without hardship.[7] |
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Finances
According to OpenSecrets.org, as of June 30, 2019, Fair Fight PAC had raised $4,092,468 and spent $2,961,782 in the 2020 cycle.[1]
Media
The following videos are samples of media produced by Fair Fight:
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 OpenSecrets.org, "Fair Fight PAC," accessed February 4, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fair Fight, "Meet Our Founder and Chair," accessed February 4, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Georgia Corporations Division, "Business Search: Fair Fight, Inc.," accessed February 4, 2020
- ↑ Fair Fight, "Why We Fight," accessed February 4, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Georgia Corporations Division, "Business Search: Fair Fight Action, Inc.," accessed February 4, 2020
- ↑ Fair Fight, "Our Story," accessed February 4, 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Georgia Voice, "Table Talk with Stacey Abrams," accessed January 30, 2020
- ↑ CBS News, "'Everybody is looking up to Georgia right now': Early voting kicks off in Senate runoffs," December 16, 2020
- ↑ Fair Fight and Fair Fight Action have a joint website.
- ↑ Fair Fight and Fair Fight Action have a joint Facebook page.
- ↑ Fair Fight and Fair Fight Action have a joint Twitter page.
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