grassroots solutions received three awards from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) during the 2010 Annual Pollie Awards and Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. We would like to share this recognition with our clients and partners:
2010 Campaign excellence Award for Best Use of New Technology
Clean Air Kansas Campaign
Kansas Grassroots Consulting, Domain 51, grassroots solutions, and Stones’ Phones
The AAPC Board of Directors honored and recognized Kansas Grassroots Consulting, Domain 51, grassroots solutions, and Stones’ Phones for implementing technology created by Domain 51 in the Clean Air Kansas campaign to keep the workplaces of Kansas smoke free.
Field, Ballot Initiative/Campaign, Best GOTV Program
North Saint Paul Referendum, Coalition for Responsible Broadband Choice
grassroots solutions – Bronze
grassroots solutions mounted a successful grassroots opposition campaign to educate a targeted subset of the North St. Paul electorate about a special election referendum through a series of voter contact activities, and to then turn out those who supported the Coalition’s position on the referendum through efforts at the door, over the phone and through the mail. The referendum decisively failed with 67% supporting the Coalition’s position, and voter turnout was nearly 40% – over 20 points higher than the previous special election.
Phones, Ballot/Initiative Campaign, Live Calls – State/Local
Clean Air Kansas Paid Phones Program
grassroots solutions, Stones’ Phones, The Sunflower Foundation – Honorable Mention
grassroots solutions assisted The Sunflower Foundation as they built and launched a smoke-free policy campaign in Kansas. The campaign, Clean Air Kansas, was created to persuade the state legislature to pass a statewide comprehensive clean indoor air policy. The paid phone program identified over 11,000 supporters of a statewide clean indoor air policy, and 3,000 constituent messages were recorded and sent to their corresponding elected officials. The Kansas House of Representatives passed the statewide public smoking bill on February 25, 2010, and on March 12, 2010, Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson signed it into law.