Lobbying
From Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
practice of influencing decisions made by government. Direct lobbying is the act of advocating directly with a decision-maker on an issue. Grassroots or indirect lobbying refers to advocacy that mobilizes members of an organization or the general public to influence a decision-maker. Direct and grassroots lobbying efforts by 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are regulated by both tax and state/federal disclosure laws (State electoral laws in the case of ballot measures).
Movement-Building Electoral Organizing: Dictionary of Terms
- Electoral organizing, Movement-building electoral organizing, Immigrant-focused electoral campaign, Traditional electoral campaign, Work plans
- Issue advocacy, Issue, Direct-action organizing, Lobbying, Constituency target, Decision-maker target
- Media campaign, Media hits
- Voter advocacy, Voting Rights Act, Poll monitoring, Election day activities
- GOTV, Contact, GOTV target list, Phone banking, Precinct, Precinct walking, Raps or scripts, Robo calls
- Science of numbers, Voter turnout, Win number, Consistent voters, Infrequent voters, Swing voters, Expected voters, Base voters
- Evaluation, Tracking, Voter matching, Treatment and control, Exit polling
- Voter files or lists, Universe, Voter targeting, Voter modeling, Voter identification
- Voter technology, Voter Activation Network (VAN), Catalist
- Census, Naturalization, Political education, Training, Volunteer/member recruitment
- Absentee ballot, Poll
