Act Blue will match your donation by 350% against Mitch Mcconnell.

[Maraya1969]

The money goes to elect his opponent Amy McGrath who is trailing him by 1% in the latest polls.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_sr_fr_q22020_mcconnell-a

[diva77]

1. I'm sooooo in!! Thanks for posting

K & R to the max!

[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

[Laffy Kat]

3. I tried. It kept kicking me out about my "name and phone number"..

But it wouldn't take me to that part of the form. Oh well.

[Maraya1969]

4. That's weird. I got the notice on FB and maybe it was targeted somehow

because when I tried to look it up a different way I didn't find the 350% matching donation.

After you paid it went to another page that said if you immediately donated again it would match at 500%

Someone must be donating big to cover all this.

[GReedDiamond]

7. I don't know what the problem was, but...

...I tried at least 3 times to donate, and was unable to complete the process.

Don't know what happened?

[notinkansas]

5. Aargghh

I didn't know that. After I heard about the shenanigans he pulled today trying to push through a bill with no input from Democrats, I went straight to her website to donate.

[Indykatie]

6. She's Sitting on Millions Already Before the Primary.

There are other candidates in critical races that also need funding. Everyone wants to Beat Mitch but it seems that 350% match could better help some other candidates who don't have the fundraising power that Mcgrath has. She raised $13M this quarter to Mitch's $7.5M and hasn't even won the primary yet. I've never send a 350% match before from Acct Blue.

[DFW]

8. I haven't used or trusted Act Blue for years

And a 3½ time matching donor sounds incredibly weird. I'd like some more verification.

As for Act Blue, they used to play around with my credit card, changed donations that I specified as one-time into monthly without my consent, and flagged my donations repeatedly for "review." Plus, they grab 3.95% of all donations for themselves for "operating fees." They're strictly online, for Pete's sake! Even Mastercard takes less than 3.95% from the merchants I buy from, and they still give me a refund at the end of the year. For every million dollars donated to Democratic causes, Act Blue keeps $39,500. Now, I hope billions are donated to Democratic causes, but for every billion donated, Act Blue keeps $39.5 million. Nice gig if you can get it, and they DON'T give refunds.

Call me old fashioned, but I still send checks drawn on my U.S. account. That way, whoever I donate to keeps it all. It costs me €1.10 for the postage stamp.

[trueblue2007]

9. i could onlt give 5 dollars

[peggysue2]

10. Did it!

Hubby's been after me for days to donate so we can clock McConnell and help McGrath.

He'll be happy. So am I at the very thought of it.

[live love laugh]

11. In! nt

[Fresh_Start]

12. hell yes nt

nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. They've been saying the matching "ends tonight" for about a week now.

I gave a few bucks several days ago but there's something off-putting about Act Blue's approach.