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National Democratic Training Committee
National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC) is a 527 political action committee formed in 2016 to train American Democratic party candidates at all levels of government to run for public office. History NDTC was founded in 2016 by Democratic operative Kelly Dietrich. In 2018, the group launched online training for NGP VAN's "VoteBuilder", the voter database used by the Democratic Party. In 2019, NDTC launched their Staff Academy program to provide training for Democratic campaign staff. NDTC trained a group of 60 new Democratic campaign staff through an eight-week training, which featured both in-person and online components. NDTC partnered with state and national party committees to recruit trainees for the program, which saw more than 600 applicants. The program was developed to provide Democratic campaigns with "high-quality, diverse, and trained staff members" for the 2020 election cycle. According to its FEC report, NDTC raised $7.35 million during the 2018 electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
527 Organization
A 527 organization or 527 group is a type of U.S. tax-exempt organization organized under Section 527 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (). A 527 group is created primarily to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to federal, state or local public office. Technically, almost all political committees, including state, local, and federal candidate committees, traditional political action committees (PACs), " Super PACs", and political parties are "527s". However, in common practice the term is usually applied only to such organizations that are not regulated under state or federal campaign finance laws because they do not "expressly advocate" for the election or defeat of a candidate or party. There are no upper limits on contributions to 527s and no restrictions on who may contribute. There are no spending limits imposed on these organizations. The organizations must register with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), publicly disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |