Faith-based voter machines operate tax-exempt and shielded from scrutiny.

Evidence

All major political operations—of all parties—now rely on big data and activist networks to sharpen their effectiveness in election campaigns. Obama’s successes in the 2008 and 2012 elections have been attributed in part to his superior data strategy. One key difference, however, is that United in Purpose’s voter turnout machine is at the top of a long pyramid that largely operates in the religious sphere, almost all of which is exempt from taxes and shielded from public scrutiny. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 704

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier claim that churches route political campaigning through lay teams to evade IRS limits. — connects to: Churches route political campaigning through lay teams to evade IRS limits — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 67; Churches design culture-focused voter mobilization teams to evade IRS political-campaign rules — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 67