2025-05-12T15:07:04-07:00 2024-06-30 990 2023-07-01 832913327 SAM Advocacy Fund SAMA 6465090079 100 Water Street Stonington CT 06378 Scott Muller Chairman and Treasurer 6465090079 2025-05-12 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CT Voters First Scott W Muller 100 Water Street Stonington CT 06378 301500 0 X Ctvotersfirst.org X 2018 CT SAM Advocacy Fund is a citizens based education and electoral reform advocacy organization that, from its inception to date, has been focused on electoral reform in Connecticut including the introduction of ranked choice voting in certain primaries and elections. It currently does business in Connecticut under the name CT Voters First, ctvotersfirst.org. 3 3 0 20 0 0 111435 301500 0 0 0 0 0 0 111435 301500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103248 188194 103248 188194 8187 113306 75688 188994 0 0 75688 188994 SAM Advocacy Fund is a citizens based education and electoral reform advocacy organization. From inception to date, it has been devoted exclusively to educating the public and advancing electoral reform in Connecticut including the introduction of ranked choice voting in certain primaries and elections in Connecticut. It currently does business in Connecticut as CT Voters First, ctvotersfirst.org. 0 0 188194 301500 Doing business as CT Voters First, SAM Advocacy Fund ("CTVF") worked to advance legislation in the Connecticut legislature including a bi-partisan bill to enable the political parties to use ranked choice voting ("RCV") in their presidential primaries, to give municipalities the option to use RCV in single winner elections and to provide for the use of RCV in party conventions. CTVF secured the support of Governor Lamont, hired and worked with professional lobbyists in pursuit of passage of the legislation 0 0 0 188194 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X Accurate Ledgers LLC 8603674804 1282 Old Colcheseter Road Oakdale CT 06370 Scott W Muller Chairman and Treasurer 10 X 0 0 0 James Cusick Director and Secretary 0 X 0 0 0 William Guenther Director 2 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 301500 0 301500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 301500 0 0 0 X 1667 1667 870 870 69248 69248 105599 105599 1560 1560 1122 1122 7558 7558 570 570 188194 188194 0 0 75688 188994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75688 188994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 75688 188994 0 0 0 0 75688 188994 75688 188994 113306 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Each member of the Board was provided a draft of the 990. Each member was asked to assent, by email, to the filing of the Form 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Chairman is aware of all of the organization's activities and expenses and of relevant financial or other interest of the other two members of the Board. The Board as a whole is kept apprised of all major activities and expenditures. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These documents are available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g This figure consists of the following: 1) Director of Communications who worked on a contract basis for 3 months totaling $4,786 2) Contracting with Greenburg Quinlan Rosner Research to conduct polling of Connecticut residents regarding ranked choice voting totaling $30,000 3) Contracting with May River Solutions to conduct research regarding primaries in Connecticut totaling $10,000 4) Contracting with Alexander Zarzycki for design and branding services totaling $800 5) Contracting with the issues management firm City & State Public Affairs totaling $58,963.10 and 6) an intern who worked on an hourly basis totaling $1,050.