November 25, 2004

Charities Bask in Record Voter-Turnout Numbers, Weigh Next Steps

By Debra E. Blum

The vote is in: Charity and foundation efforts to get people to the polls for this month's presidential election were a success.

So say many nonprofit officials who credit an unprecedented amount of philanthropic money and activity aimed at voter registration and mobilization for helping lead millions to the polls to cast their ballots this year. As many as 121 million Americans voted in this month's election, up by about 15 million from the last presidential race four years ago.

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