IP: FEC will likely OK online "checks"

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: rodger@worldnet.att.net
>
>From:
>http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg858.htm
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>
>Candidates eye matching funds for e-checks
>
>By Will Rodger, USATODAY.com
>
>Spurred by candidates' success with online credit card
>contributions, political consultants have dreamed up yet
>another cutting-edge money grabber.
>
>Checks.
>
>Sometime early next month, the Federal Election
>Commission is expected to take up a petition to grant
>matching funds for contributions made via check online.
>The proposal would add a third way to contribute --
>credit and debit cards already are approved for matching
>funds.
>
>"Online checks could be the 'killer app' of this
>campaign cycle," Campaign Advantage CEO Phil Tajitsu
>Nash said Thursday. Nash first petitioned the FEC to
>weigh the proposal in November.
>
>FEC Chair Scott Thomas Thursday said the political
>consultant will likely get what he wants. "I'm always
>hopeful the commission can interpret the law to take
>into account modern technologies. I'm assuming the
>commission will take a fresh look at this and issue a
>ruling that will allow most of what the requestor has
>sought," he said................
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