Civestor AdvocacyCivic investment, spent where the votes are cast.
Civestor Advocacy is the lobbying arm built to move specific bills through the New York State Legislature — starting with the fight to bring ranked-choice voting to every voter in the state.
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Why Civestor Advocacy
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Bienvenidos a Civestor Advocacy. Soy Dan Devine.
En mi libro, Civestor, expuse que la ciudadanía activa es una inversión en nuestras comunidades y en nuestra democracia. Civestor Advocacy es donde esa inversión se pone a trabajar: en Albany.
Somos una organización 501(c)(4), creada para hacer cabildeo ante la Legislatura del Estado de Nueva York a favor de reformas que devuelvan el poder a los votantes.
Nuestra primera campaña es la votación por orden de preferencia, para que cada votante pueda clasificar sus opciones y ningún voto se desperdicie. También impulsamos la divulgación del dinero oscuro, el acceso justo a los debates, el Pacto Nacional del Voto Popular, distritos justos y una supervisión sensata de la inteligencia artificial y los centros de datos.
En este sitio puedes ver la postura de tus legisladores, enviarles una carta en menos de un minuto y unirte a nuestra coalición de Long Island.
La reforma no ocurre por sí sola. Ocurre cuando los ciudadanos se presentan e invierten su voz.
Civestors civest. ¡Sé uno! Gracias por estar aquí.
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What We're Lobbying For
The Agenda-
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Ranked-choice voting, statewide
Give every voter the ability to rank candidates by preference — in primaries and general elections alike — so no vote is wasted and no race is decided by vote-splitting.
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Dark money disclosure
Require political spending groups operating in New York to disclose their funding sources, so voters know who is paying for the messages reaching them.
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Free and equal debate access
Push for clear, fair thresholds for candidate debate participation, set publicly rather than decided behind closed doors.
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National Popular Vote Compact
Defend New York's participation in the compact and support its expansion to enough states to guarantee the presidency reflects the national popular vote.
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Sensible oversight of AI and data centers
Support state standards for artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it — covering energy and water use, grid impact, and baseline transparency and consumer safeguards — so growth in this industry doesn't come at New Yorkers' expense.
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Fair districts
Protect the Independent Redistricting Commission and the State Constitution's ban on partisan gerrymandering. We oppose the 2026 redistricting amendment (S10637A), which would allow mid-decade redistricting and remove those protections. It returns for a second vote in 2027 before going to voters.
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Guaranteed health care: the New York Health Act
Support the New York Health Act (S3425 / A1466), which would cover every New Yorker with comprehensive care and no premiums, deductibles, or copays, funded based on ability to pay. We stand with The Campaign for New York Health.
County Issues
Long Island-
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Term limits for Nassau County legislators
Nassau’s 19 legislators can serve without limit, while Suffolk has capped its legislators at 12 years since 1993. We’re asking the Nassau County Legislature to set a ten-year limit and let the voters approve it.
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Let the East End decide on Peconic County
In 1996, voters in Suffolk’s five East End towns backed forming their own county, 71 to 29 percent. It never became law. We’re asking the State to fund an updated study and give East End voters a binding say.
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Too many governments? Nassau’s options
Nassau has 56 school districts, 64 villages and dozens of special districts. Should some of them be combined? We lay out five options, from keeping things as they are to a county-wide city charter, with the evidence on both sides, and we want to hear from residents.
Current Campaign
2026 — In MotionRanked-Choice Voting for New York
New York City has used ranked-choice voting in primaries and special elections since 2021. Our campaign is building the case — and the coalition — to bring it to state legislative races too, through Assembly bill A90, and by pushing to revive A4351, the 2023–24 bill that would have covered general and special elections as well.
We're building a Long Island coalition alongside statewide partners like Ranked Choice Voting Albany and Unite NY, meeting directly with state legislators, and making the public case for a voting system where every voter's voice counts.
How We Work
MethodMeetings & testimony
Sitting down with state legislators, testifying at committee hearings, and drafting the case for the bills we back.
Shared ground, shared pressure
Partnering with existing reform groups across New York rather than duplicating what's already working.
Scorecards & records
Tracking where elected officials stand on our agenda, and making that record public and easy to find.
About Civestor Advocacy
StructureCivestor Advocacy is a New York not-for-profit corporation organized for social welfare purposes under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Unlike a charitable 501(c)(3), we're built specifically to lobby — to engage legislators directly, without limit, in pursuit of the civic reforms above.
The name draws on the Civestor framework — the idea that active citizenship is a form of investment in the health of a democracy. Where Civestor the book made the case, Civestor Advocacy is where that case gets carried into the Capitol.
Part of a Larger Effort
Civestor Advocacy is the lobbying affiliate of American Civic Power, a nonpartisan civic education organization. The two are separate legal entities with independent governance and finances.
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