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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
US law permits charities to encourage voting and help voters register, making GOP concerns about this assistance unfoundedVolunteers register voters in Santa Fe, N.M. Robert Alexander/Getty Images

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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