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GroundFloor Public Affairs founder Alex Tourk. Photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By <\/strong>Luke Thomas<\/a> and<\/strong> Chris Roberts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 19, 2011<\/p>\n

GroundFloor Public Affairs founder Alex Tourk confirmed today his Saturday voting initiative, WhyTuesdaySF, has failed due to a lack of funding.<\/p>\n

The announcement follows an FCJ report<\/a>, Friday, about the inactive status of the funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Saturday voting initiative passed last November, we were unable to raise the millions necessary to implement this year’s pilot program,\u201d Tourk wrote in an email addressed to \u201cFriends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it is unfortunate that we will not be able to test this idea this November, I am proud of our efforts together to create a dialogue around changing an antiquated system,\u201d Tourk added. \u201cWe have moved the needle and we’ll continue to do so in the months and years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tourk needed to raise $2.4 million from private donors by July 7 to fund the cost of adding Saturday, November 5, 2011 as an alternate day for voters to cast their ballots. As of Friday, the Saturday voting fund had a zero balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cTomorrow an op-ed will be published in the San Francisco Chronicle and I wanted you to see it first,\u201d Tourk said in the email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourk needed to raise $2.4 million from private donors by July 7 to fund the cost of adding Saturday, November 5, 2011 as an alternate day for voters to cast their ballots. 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