Starting in mid-2004, the album
Wake Up Everybody was recorded by more than 90 musical acts under the direction of
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, for the purpose of getting more young adults to register and vote. In the three weeks before the
2004 presidential and
congressional elections, ACT planned on funding over 12 million phone calls to targeted voters and having canvassers hand-deliver 11 million pieces of literature at targeted doorsteps. On Election Day, ACT had projected to have 45,000 paid canvassers in the battleground states and spent over $10 million on Election Day. It had 86 offices open every day, with a staff of 4,000 and a goal of reinforcing the army of 45,000 paid canvassers with 25,000 volunteers. In the fall of 2004, ACT was featured in the Frontline Documentary
The Persuaders, which described ACT's use of
narrowcasting. In 2005 ACT was in the process of being wound down. Its website was not renewed and is no longer operational. The
Federal Election Commission announced on August 29, 2007, that it had reached a settlement agreement with ACT for violations of various federal campaign finance laws during the 2004 US presidential campaign. ACT agreed to pay $775,000 in fines. == References ==