The Federal Election Commission extended until Tuesday the deadline for comments...
The Federal Election Commission extended until Tuesday the deadline for comments on Advisory Opinion 2012-30 (http://xrl.us/bnnrkb), which responds to a request from Revolution Messaging, asking whether its proposal to use wireless text messaging to raise funds for political committees is…
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permissible under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. “Revolution Messaging proposes to process contributions by text message that aggregate in excess of $50 per month and $200 per calendar year (or, in the case of contributions to authorized committees of candidates, $200 per election cycle) for its political committee clients,” the FEC notes. “Each political committee that receives contributions under the proposal will contract exclusively with Revolution Messaging, and Revolution Messaging will contract with a connection aggregator that has agreed to provide the factoring service approved by the Commission.” Revolution Messaging estimates the total cost of registering a premium short code ranges from $6,000 to $10,000 and various steps required take eight to 12 weeks to complete.