[1]When we started, it was a simple idea for dealing with the mud
candidates toss at each other and confuse voters with.

Vote Stupid?

A foundation once told me they would not fund Vote Smart because there was
no way to measure our success. It is true, we cannot prove our claim that
we help voters make wiser choices. In fact, our nation’s leadership could
not have laid out a more convincing argument for our success, if only we
had named our effort Vote Stupid.

Vote Smart’s reality is this: It is true the country’s largest foundations
do not fund us. We exist because so many young people have been willing to
work for nothing or so little. And the extraordinary skills they offer, and
how they use them, has thousands of thinking Americans willing to have
their backs with contributions. American’s who understand that if a free
people lose their access to facts, they will not be free at all.

With 9 out of 10 Americans having no idea they exist, it is really
remarkable that Vote Smart exists at all. When we started, it was a simple
idea for dealing with the mud candidates toss at each other and confuse
voters with. Today, that mud has turned noxious and deadly, leaving no
citizen untouched, unaffected and filled with dread for our nation’s
future.

[2]VoteSmart.org provides a simple, intelligent response. One that has
taken thousands of people and years of research. An effort that is
struggling to build a system which enables any citizen to instantly access
the facts on any politician on any issue of unique concern to them.

We have made great strides up this mountainous climb; the problem has been
that these modern-day politicians keep finding ways to make that mountain
higher—a lot higher.

Please have our backs join us at VoteSmart.org.

Richard Kimball

Vote Smart President

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[7]Vote Smart is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides
accurate information about candidates, elected officials, and key pieces of
legislation. By providing information in an easy and accessible manner,
Vote Smart believes that citizens can better defend themselves from the
questionable rhetoric and misrepresentation that characterizes present-day
political campaigns.

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