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Billy Wimsatt is the founder and former executive director of the League of Independent Voters, an organization that facilitates the creation of local progressive voting blocs nationwide. He made a five-year commitment in 2003 to build the league into a vehicle for pissed-off young people to make their power felt in electoral politics.
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Interview
Billy Wimsatt
Billy Wimsatt
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Culture
Will Your State Be the Florida of 2004?
Billy Wimsatt