Your Election Integrity Dollars at Work
These representative examples of operating, training, and program costs
show what your donations can help EDA achieve.
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$30 Monthly fee for online donation management service
$80 Hourly fee for web programming consultants
$100 Annual dues for nonprofit technical assistance cooperative
$200 Monthly e-mail, website, and long distance telephone bills (costs will grow as we grow)
$300 One PR Newswire regional press distribution
$625 Portable multimedia projector system for public presentations
$800 Produce 1000 updated "Election Truth" CDs / DVDs
$900 Print 10,000 EDA brochures
$1,000 One PR Newswire national press release distribution
$2,000 Produce and distribute election integrity news stories to a statewide CA radio network
$2,500 Monthly cost to sustain Sequoia investigation in Arizona
$2,500 Edit a feature-length documentary film on EDA investigations in Arizona
$3,000 Software and training to produce election integrity instructional videos for the Web
$3,000 Annual subscription to national grantmaker database
$4,000 Travel fund to send representatives to policy meetings (EAC, NASS, Congress, etc.)
$5,000 Attorney retainer and court costs to file a legal action (minimum)
$5,000 Distribute election integrity radio stories across five state networks
$6,000 National press directory and e-mail/web/fax press release delivery service (one year)
$7,500 Distribute hand-count paper ballot (HCPB) procedure manuals and training films to pollworkers and election administrators in all states
$10,000 Upgrade the EDA website for improved ease of use and expanded capabilities.
$15,000 Produce a pilot demonstration of a precinct-based, paper ballot hand-count election
$20,000 Cost to produce EDA's 2008 "Stealing America" public education campaign
$20,000 Cost per each half-time paid position to enable Working Group coordinators to do election integrity work year-round.
$40,000 Fund living expenses for one full-time EDA director for one year
$50,000 Cost of EDA's 2008 national telephone exit polling survey in 30 states
$50,000 Typical starting cost for a countywide election recount
$100,000 Cost of 2008 citizens' exit polling operations in 70 locations in 12 states
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Election Defense Alliance is a sponsored project of International Humanities Center,
a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code [FEIN: 33-0767921].
Donations to IHC/Election Defense Alliance are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.