FEC Seeks to Ban Prechecked Recurring Donation Boxes

[DonViejo]

May 6, 2021 at 11:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

The FEC voted unanimously to recommend that Congress bar political campaigns from guiding donors by default into recurring contributions through prechecked boxes, a month after a New York Times investigation showed that Donald Trump’s political operation had steered huge numbers of unwitting supporters into repeated donations through that tactic, the New York Times reports.

The FEC is often stymied by partisanship but this practice is so egregious the vote was unanimous.

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https://politicalwire.com/2021/05/06/fec-seeks-to-ban-prechecked-recurring-donation-boxes/

[Hekate]

1. Good move

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Hamiam73]

3. ActBlue did the same thing to me.

That really pissed me off. I told them so too! 20.22 donation turned into a year long monthly contribution. That's a damn good way to loose grassroots donors. I fired off an email and told them to take their Trumpian ways and stick them up their orange ass. I'll cool off, but they need to cut that crap out. I mean damn!!

[soothsayer]

4. Good