The Poker Players Alliance has reported that it has gone over the 1 million membership mark in April. As of today, it boasts a membership of 1,000,045 members.
The PPA also launched a voter registration program and a political action committee (PAC). The voter registration drive is called “If You Play, Have a Say,” and the PPA set its goal to register 100,000 poker players as new voters this year.
The PPA set up a website where anyone can register to vote in their state: www.poker2008.org.
The “If You Play, Have A Say ” will have its presence known at this year’s World Series of Poker, which begins May 30, where it will have an on-site voter registration booth. On-site voter registration drives will also take place in selected states.
The PPA’s newly-formed PokerPAC is open to dues-paying members of the PPA, as well as PPA board members and employees. PPA Chairman and former Congressman Al D’Amato is the PokerPAC chairman. Former Congressman Toby Moffett is the vice chairman, and Annie Duke will serve as honorary PokerPAC board member. The PokerPAC will be used to sharpen its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill.
