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US law permits charities to encourage voting and help voters register, making GOP concerns about this assistance unfounded

  • Written by Philip Hackney, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
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U.S. charities aren’t allowed to campaign for or against specific political candidates. But they can legally engage in nonpartisan voter education and candidate-neutral efforts to get out the vote, as well as voter registration drives.

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