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June 12, 2012 06:20 pm GMT

Now You Can Donate to Political Campaigns via Text Message





Donating to political campaigns just got a little bit easier for Americans: it's now as simple as sending a text message.

To donate to a campaign, a cellphone user can text an monetary amount to a five-digit number set up by that campaign. Donations will be automatically charged to users' phone bills. Text message donations will be capped at $50 each billing cycle for each individual campaign.

The Federal Elections Commission, which oversees campaign finance law, approved the change Monday night.

Non-profit organizations, such as the Red Cross, have been collecting money for disaster relief and other causes this way for years. Partisan political campaigns, however, were prohibited… Continue reading...

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