{"id":30469,"date":"2014-07-23T13:04:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T18:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=30469"},"modified":"2014-07-23T13:04:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T18:04:12","slug":"national-rifle-associations-freedom-action-foundation-announces-2014-trigger-the-vote-voter-registration-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/national-rifle-associations-freedom-action-foundation-announces-2014-trigger-the-vote-voter-registration-campaign\/30469\/","title":{"rendered":"National Rifle Association\u2019s Freedom Action Foundation Announces 2014 \u201cTrigger the Vote\u201d Voter Registration Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TriggerTheVote-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"TriggerTheVote\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TriggerTheVote-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TriggerTheVote.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Fairfax, Va.<\/b> \u2013 The National Rifle Association\u2019s Freedom Action Foundation (NRA-FAF) announced the kickoff of its 2014 \u201cTrigger the Vote\u201d voter registration campaign, and also unveiled its captivating new ad, \u201cFather and Son,\u201d which can be viewed here:<\/p>\n<p>httpvh:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AifGJ_tc5ck<\/p>\n<p>The campaign once again enjoys the support of Honorary Chairman Chuck Norris, and will soon be releasing exclusive new videos featuring Norris that can\u2019t be seen anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>One of the missions of NRA-FAF is to protect the Second Amendment through a vigorous non-partisan voter registration program. The initial \u201cTrigger the Vote\u201d campaign was introduced in 2009, and it has expanded in scope and reach in every election cycle since.\u00a0 The program uses a variety of means of communications to connect gun owners and Second Amendment supporters with tools to facilitate the voter registration process, and ensure that they are prepared to cast an informed ballot on Election Day.\u00a0 Trigger the Vote field teams have been visiting events across the nation since May of this year to register new voters in person.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Trigger the Vote is also releasing its redesigned website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TriggerTheVote.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.TriggerTheVote.org<\/a> . The site has new, robust user-friendly tools to help gun owners and Second Amendment supporters easily register to vote, check to make sure their existing registration is current, as well as locate their polling place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Freedom Action Foundation is one of the most critical parts of the NRA,\u201d explained NRA-FAF President Chris W. Cox. \u201cThrough its valuable work, the NRA is able to reach millions of freedom-loving Americans and ensure that they are prepared to exercise their right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Trigger the Vote and how you can be a part of it, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TriggerTheVote.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.TriggerTheVote.org<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>-NRA-<br \/>\nEstablished in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America&#8217;s oldest civil rights and sportsmen&#8217;s group. More than five million members strong, NRA continues to uphold the Second Amendment and advocates enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation&#8217;s leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the armed services. Be sure to follow the NRA on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalRifleAssociation\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/NationalRifleAssociation<\/a> and on Twitter @NRA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honorary Chairman Chuck Norris Will Lead the Campaign to Defend our Freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,5],"tags":[3596],"class_list":["post-30469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","category-second-amendment","tag-second-amendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}