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namahage

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19. Funny thing is, for small donations
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 05:42 PM
Feb 2019

there is no requirement to collect any sort of identifying info.

Per the FEC:

Contributions of $50 or less
In advisory opinions, the Commission has recommended two possible accounting methods that satisfy recordkeeping requirements for contributions of $50 or less:

Keep the same information required for identifying contributions that exceed $50 (amount, date of receipt and contributor’s name and mailing address); or
In the case of small contributions collected at a fundraiser (such as gate receipts and cash contributions), keep records of the name of the event, the date and the total amount of contributions received on each day of the event.


And--equally interesting--a $27 dollar donation repeated 100 times just so happens to meet the maximum contribution limit from a single source (as of 2018--this limit is raised for 2020).
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2019 #1
That is epic! workinclasszero Feb 2019 #2
With the average contribution being $27.00 Uncle Joe Feb 2019 #3
You are more than welcome. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #4
$$$$ YOWZA $$$$ lapucelle Feb 2019 #5
Gave him $27 yesterday ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #6
Truly remarkable! mysteryowl Feb 2019 #7
That amount of money is amazing! Joe941 Feb 2019 #8
How much from Our Revolution? CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #9
Wat? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #10
You heard me. How much of the $6 million came via Our Revolution? CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #11
I'm not up on the latest conspiracy theories. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #14
Sounds like deflection to me. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #15
You want a list of all 250,000 donors within 24 hours? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #16
Like we've had to wait for the tax returns? CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #17
I think GlennRuss Feb 2019 #21
Thanks for mentioning "Our Revolution" red dog 1 Feb 2019 #22
$27? George II Feb 2019 #12
That's according to his campaign. Is there any way to verify the average ecstatic Feb 2019 #13
Funny thing is, for small donations namahage Feb 2019 #19
Well that's convenient! nt ecstatic Feb 2019 #27
Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #18
Ha! Love it! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #20
LOL! Dawson Leery Feb 2019 #26
Wow.. disillusioned73 Feb 2019 #23
Good for him. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #24
Proud to be one of the day 1 donors! liberalnarb Feb 2019 #25
Washington Post-Why Sanders's money haul doesn't mean very much Gothmog Feb 2019 #28
Give til it hurts. Every dollar donated now is one less buck for Jill Stein in the general. TeamPooka Feb 2019 #29
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