[1]The excuse most commonly given for refusing to answer was fear of
opposition research

Dear Vote Smart Supporter,

We wanted you to be the first to know of our new more powerful
website. Attached is the press release that will formally announce the site
to the nation on July 1^st. As a supporter and user of our efforts we
wanted you to be the first to see it, use it and let us know what you
think. Just go to [2]VoteSmart.org. The new site has been activated for you
to preview right now.

VOTESMART.ORG

VOTER'S GREATEST WEAPON

Des Moines, IA – For release July 1, 2021 - In celebration of the 4th of
July holiday [3]Vote Smart has activated a powerful new website that
enables citizens to instantly expose the factual records on thousands of
politicians. This website will be the latest and most powerful weapon
available to those citizens interested in the indisputable, factual records
on almost 40,000 elected political leaders and those campaigning to replace
them.

Called THE FACTS, this new tool has detailed biographical backgrounds on
40,000 politicians, as well as 63,077 issues positions, almost 1.5 million
key-word-searchable speeches, over 19,000 key votes described in simple,
easy-to-understand terms, ratings that 1,500 special interest groups have
given politicians, along with the sources of their major campaign
contributions.

During the 2020 election [4]Vote Smart discovered that over 12 million
(98.5%) of its users simply went directly to the facts on the candidates
they were uniquely interested in. So, Vote Smart has doubled down on
deepening research on politicians nationwide, giving citizens the ability
to see who they really are without all of the self-serving rhetoric from
political campaigns and selfish interests.

THE FACTS enables voters to pick any of 40,000 politicians and review Vote
Smart’s extensive factual database in any of six files – biographies, key
votes, issue positions, special interest ratings, public statements and
funding.

[5]MyVoteSmart allows voters to be the boss and track each action taken by
those who represent them or wish to replace them with regular updates on
each step they make.

SIDE-BY-SIDE (coming this spring) will allow voters to directly compare
competing candidates side by side on areas including biographies, issue
positions, public statements, special interest group ratings, voting
records, and funding. This new tool will be launched in early 2022 as
election ballots are finalized.

ALL FREE AT [6]VoteSmart.org.

About [7]VoteSmart.org: Used by over 13 million voters, national media and
corporations, Vote Smart is funded entirely by tax-deductible donations
from citizens and charitable foundations. No one can serve on Vote Smart’s
Founding Board started by Presidents Carter and Ford along with 38 other
national leaders without a political enemy. Vote Smart is made possible by
hundreds of student interns and staff from all fifty states that sign on
for up to two years, for little or no pay.

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