Bay Area Activists Canvass for Nevada Democrats

A recent CBS News report revealed that a nonprofit from the Bay Area, Seed the Vote, has been sending activists to Nevada to canvass on behalf of Nevada Democrats and the Harris-Walz campaign.

Seed the Vote, a project of the Everyday People PAC, has over 1,000 volunteers with plans to increase that number to 3,000 as they campaign in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. According to Emily Lee, executive director of Seed the Vote, their mission is to combat misinformation by knocking on 70 to 80 doors daily in battleground states.

However, digging deeper into the origins of Seed the Vote has raised questions about its connections. Influence Watch reports that Seed the Vote and Everyday People PAC share leadership with the Chinese Progressive Association, a San Francisco-based group historically linked to revolutionary communist organizations and aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.

Seed the Vote’s efforts to canvass for the Harris-Walz campaign and reelect Senator Jacky Rosen in Nevada have come under the spotlight, as their donors include prominent figures with ties to Marxist and social justice movements. These high-profile donors include Amy Mandel, a former member of the Marxist-Leninist Party, and Emunaha Yuka Edinburgh, a custom furniture maker who previously founded a nonprofit advocating for social justice causes.

Seed the Vote’s campaign to “fight the right and build the left” is part of a broader effort to influence elections using funding from wealthy donors, including George Soros. Their efforts in Nevada have already made an impact, as activists recently canvassed in Reno, working out of the Nevada Democratic Party headquarters in Washoe County.