Debra Cleaver

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Debra Cleaver

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Cleaver subsequently founded VoteAmerica, another voter mobilization project that focused on increasing turnout among unlikely voters, especially by [[Postal voting in the United States|mail-in votes]], during the [[2020 United States elections|2020 general election]]. In 2020, Cleaver applied an idea from her previous work to assist voters with absentee ballot requests in states without online request forms, by creating an online portal through VoteAmerica to help voters fax their requests.{{cite news |last1=Corasaniti |first1=Nick |title=Can't Request an Absentee Ballot Online? This Group Wants to Help |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/absentee-ballot-request-form.html |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=June 30, 2020}}
Cleaver subsequently founded VoteAmerica, another voter mobilization project that focused on increasing turnout among unlikely voters, especially by [[Postal voting in the United States|mail-in votes]], during the [[2020 United States elections|2020 general election]]. In 2020, Cleaver applied an idea from her previous work to assist voters with absentee ballot requests in states without online request forms, by creating an online portal through VoteAmerica to help voters fax their requests.{{cite news |last1=Corasaniti |first1=Nick |title=Can't Request an Absentee Ballot Online? This Group Wants to Help |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/absentee-ballot-request-form.html |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=June 30, 2020}}


VoteAmerica was supported by a May 2020 [[Paycheck Protection Program]] loan received by Democracy Builders, a non-profit organization headed by [[Seth Andrew]]. In order for VoteAmerica to receive the money, its employees were briefly on the payroll of Democracy Builders.https://vtdigger.org/2021/05/28/a-1m-ppp-loan-a-500-acre-property-in-dispute-and-a-school-in-limbo-the-marlboro-saga-continues/amp/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
VoteAmerica was supported by a May 2020 [[Paycheck Protection Program]] loan received by Democracy Builders, a non-profit organization headed by [[Seth Andrew]]. In order for VoteAmerica to receive the money, its employees were briefly on the payroll of Democracy Builders.{{Cite news |date=2021-05-28 |title=A $1M PPP loan, a 500-acre property in dispute and a school in limbo: The Marlboro saga continues - VTDigger |url=https://vtdigger.org/2021/05/28/a-1m-ppp-loan-a-500-acre-property-in-dispute-and-a-school-in-limbo-the-marlboro-saga-continues/amp/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221216044948/https://vtdigger.org/2021/05/28/a-1m-ppp-loan-a-500-acre-property-in-dispute-and-a-school-in-limbo-the-marlboro-saga-continues/amp/ |archive-date=2022-12-16 |access-date=2026-04-20 |work=VTDigger |language=en-US}}


Cleaver has been a regular commentator on election issues,{{cite news |last1=Panetta |first1=Grace |title=More Americans than ever are expected to vote by mail this year, which means we probably won't know who won the 2020 presidential race until days after election night |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/america-likely-wont-know-presidential-race-winner-on-election-night-2020-5?op=1 |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=Insider |date=May 12, 2020}} including to debunk conspiracy theories,{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Li |title=6 conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – debunked |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-election-2020-conspiracy-theories-debunked/ |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=CBS News |date=January 15, 2021}} to discuss the voter registration process{{cite news |last1=Bellow |first1=Noelle |title=How to register to vote on Election Day |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/your-local-election-hq/how-to-register-to-vote-on-election-day/ |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=KRON4 |date=November 2, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Cleary |first1=Luke |title=Still haven't registered to vote? Iowa and Illinois offer Election Day registration |url=https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/elections/still-havent-registered-to-vote-iowa-and-illinois-offer-election-day-registration/526-ca06d3d1-856b-4ece-ab91-fef5fbedd75c |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=WQAD8 |date=November 2, 2020}} and challenges for voter registration,{{cite news |last1=Buergin |first1=Miles |title=More than 433,000 Nevadans are not registered to vote. Here's why. |url=https://mynews4.com/news/local/more-than-433000-nevadans-are-not-registered-to-vote-heres-why |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=NBC4 |date=November 2, 2020}} as well as ways to increase voter turnout.{{cite news |last1=Singer |first1=Natasha |title=Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/politics/apps-public-voting-record.html |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=November 4, 2018}}{{cite news |title=Debra Cleaver on Increasing Voter Turnout |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?454112-3/washington-journal-debra-cleaver-discusses-increasing-voter-turnout |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=Washington Journal |publisher=C-SPAN |date=November 6, 2018}}
Cleaver has been a regular commentator on election issues,{{cite news |last1=Panetta |first1=Grace |title=More Americans than ever are expected to vote by mail this year, which means we probably won't know who won the 2020 presidential race until days after election night |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/america-likely-wont-know-presidential-race-winner-on-election-night-2020-5?op=1 |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=Insider |date=May 12, 2020}} including to debunk conspiracy theories,{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Li |title=6 conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – debunked |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-election-2020-conspiracy-theories-debunked/ |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=CBS News |date=January 15, 2021}} to discuss the voter registration process{{cite news |last1=Bellow |first1=Noelle |title=How to register to vote on Election Day |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/your-local-election-hq/how-to-register-to-vote-on-election-day/ |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=KRON4 |date=November 2, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Cleary |first1=Luke |title=Still haven't registered to vote? Iowa and Illinois offer Election Day registration |url=https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/elections/still-havent-registered-to-vote-iowa-and-illinois-offer-election-day-registration/526-ca06d3d1-856b-4ece-ab91-fef5fbedd75c |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=WQAD8 |date=November 2, 2020}} and challenges for voter registration,{{cite news |last1=Buergin |first1=Miles |title=More than 433,000 Nevadans are not registered to vote. Here's why. |url=https://mynews4.com/news/local/more-than-433000-nevadans-are-not-registered-to-vote-heres-why |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=NBC4 |date=November 2, 2020}} as well as ways to increase voter turnout.{{cite news |last1=Singer |first1=Natasha |title=Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/politics/apps-public-voting-record.html |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=November 4, 2018}}{{cite news |title=Debra Cleaver on Increasing Voter Turnout |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?454112-3/washington-journal-debra-cleaver-discusses-increasing-voter-turnout |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=Washington Journal |publisher=C-SPAN |date=November 6, 2018}}
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