text message campaign contributions
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Feb01
Texas Approves Text Message Campaign Contributions
Yesterday afternoon, the Texas Ethics Commission approved a request to allow campaign contributions via text message. Public Campaign supports political text message donations as a way to enhance the voices of everyday Americans and to help get more people engaged in the democratic process.
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Jan31
Texas to Allow Text Message Campaign Contributions?
The Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) will likely vote today on an advisory opinion request to allow text message campaign contributions. If the TEC approves the request, candidate committees, party committees, and PACs in Texas would be able to receive campaign contributions via text message. Instead of relying primarily on larger donors, campaigns would be able to connect with many more small donors.
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Sep20
Public Campaign Statement on FEC Approval for Low Fees for Text Message Donations
Public Campaign released the following statement today after the Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion in response to AT&T's request to charge low fees for text message campaign contributions:
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Sep05
Clips round up for 9/5/2012
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Nation: Change we can believe in, 2.0
Katrina vanden Heuvel on the president's talk of an amendment last week and its inclusion in the Democratic platform. National Journal. -
Aug15
Text Message Contributions in Time for 2012 Elections?
Late yesterday, the Federal Election Commission continued its work on text message campaign contributions by clarifying in Advisory Opinion 2012-26 that political campaigns, not wireless companies, would be responsible for certifying that donors comply with contribution and disclosure requirements. While the FEC approved text message donations, which Public Campaign and other groups support to help enhance the role of small donors, in June, wireless companies have bee
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May01
Public Campaign to FEC: Allow Text Message Campaign Contributions
Public Campaign, along with nine other organizations (listed below), sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission encouraging it to allow text message (SMS) campaign contributions as a way to promote more small donors to participate in the political process.