Topic: Bitcoin for my congressional campaign - page 2. (Read 24477 times)
good luck, you seem to be off to a fantastic start
Well it should redirect to my host any time now so it will show a blank page with a link to download the ballot access petition.
It's up, but there's a typo. Just thought I'd let you know so you can get it fixed.
Thanks I actually did sign up for bitpay and would probably use it.
My campaign manager only knows what I have told him about bitcoin. My leaning is that I will probably go ahead and do it. I think it is unlikely that I will raise any contributions with bitcoin that will run into reporting issues anyway, but I wanted to find out what the community thought. I don't plan to make any statements about it in my campaign but hopefully someone from the media will question me about it so that I have a chance to introduce the concept to people in my state.
The only thing that I need as far as help right now is in collecting signatures to establish a Libertarian party in North Dakota for ballot access.
Thank you for creating bitpay, I think the auto conversion should take care of the any valuation issues, though it would be nice to be able to use bitcoins for some of my campaign expenses. To print some lit perhaps.
My campaign manager only knows what I have told him about bitcoin. My leaning is that I will probably go ahead and do it. I think it is unlikely that I will raise any contributions with bitcoin that will run into reporting issues anyway, but I wanted to find out what the community thought. I don't plan to make any statements about it in my campaign but hopefully someone from the media will question me about it so that I have a chance to introduce the concept to people in my state.
The only thing that I need as far as help right now is in collecting signatures to establish a Libertarian party in North Dakota for ballot access.
Thank you for creating bitpay, I think the auto conversion should take care of the any valuation issues, though it would be nice to be able to use bitcoins for some of my campaign expenses. To print some lit perhaps.
You could perhaps pay your campaign workers a small percentage of their pay in bitcoins.
Thanks I actually did sign up for bitpay and would probably use it.
My campaign manager only knows what I have told him about bitcoin. My leaning is that I will probably go ahead and do it. I think it is unlikely that I will raise any contributions with bitcoin that will run into reporting issues anyway, but I wanted to find out what the community thought. I don't plan to make any statements about it in my campaign but hopefully someone from the media will question me about it so that I have a chance to introduce the concept to people in my state.
The only thing that I need as far as help right now is in collecting signatures to establish a Libertarian party in North Dakota for ballot access.
Thank you for creating bitpay, I think the auto conversion should take care of the any valuation issues, though it would be nice to be able to use bitcoins for some of my campaign expenses. To print some lit perhaps.
My campaign manager only knows what I have told him about bitcoin. My leaning is that I will probably go ahead and do it. I think it is unlikely that I will raise any contributions with bitcoin that will run into reporting issues anyway, but I wanted to find out what the community thought. I don't plan to make any statements about it in my campaign but hopefully someone from the media will question me about it so that I have a chance to introduce the concept to people in my state.
The only thing that I need as far as help right now is in collecting signatures to establish a Libertarian party in North Dakota for ballot access.
Thank you for creating bitpay, I think the auto conversion should take care of the any valuation issues, though it would be nice to be able to use bitcoins for some of my campaign expenses. To print some lit perhaps.
Eric - fantastic idea!
Let us know if we can help. The automated donation processing we do for charities and non-profits should work for your campaign needs.
https://bit-pay.com/forCharities.html
We can give you a Donate button for your site. We collect the name and address of the donor for each transaction. Check with your campaign manager, but this should cover the same requirements as if someone gave you a cash or check donation. The source of the funds must be identified. We can also collect a phone number from the donor if you want.
We sell the bitcoins immediately and record the current dollar valuation. The donor gets a receipt, you get an email, and we forward the US dollars directly to your bank account. It would be the exact same process as accepting a credit card.
Let me know if we can help!
Thanks
Tony
Let us know if we can help. The automated donation processing we do for charities and non-profits should work for your campaign needs.
https://bit-pay.com/forCharities.html
We can give you a Donate button for your site. We collect the name and address of the donor for each transaction. Check with your campaign manager, but this should cover the same requirements as if someone gave you a cash or check donation. The source of the funds must be identified. We can also collect a phone number from the donor if you want.
We sell the bitcoins immediately and record the current dollar valuation. The donor gets a receipt, you get an email, and we forward the US dollars directly to your bank account. It would be the exact same process as accepting a credit card.
Let me know if we can help!
Thanks
Tony
That sounds like a perfect solution. I like the processes you have in place for immediate sale, info collection, etc. This would be fully useful for any organization accepting donations. I will need to look into your service and forward some info on to the Wikimedia, Seti@home guys, et al!
I am running for US Congress in North Dakota District 1 (we only have the one)
I have read other posts on issues with accepting bitcoin. However people donate cash to campaigns all the time. Could I not simply have a form on my website collecting the required donor information and generating a bitcoin address? How would this be different from cash donations. In the unlikely event someone sent a large sum of coins to my campaign wallet, could I not simply state that any donations over the limit or not accompanied by the required donor information will be donated to the faucet or some non-profit?
Facebook page if you would like to give me a like:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Olson-for-US-Congress/178809988867755
Web site will be www.ericolson2012.com it should be up in a week or so.
I have read other posts on issues with accepting bitcoin. However people donate cash to campaigns all the time. Could I not simply have a form on my website collecting the required donor information and generating a bitcoin address? How would this be different from cash donations. In the unlikely event someone sent a large sum of coins to my campaign wallet, could I not simply state that any donations over the limit or not accompanied by the required donor information will be donated to the faucet or some non-profit?
Facebook page if you would like to give me a like:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Olson-for-US-Congress/178809988867755
Web site will be www.ericolson2012.com it should be up in a week or so.
Eric - fantastic idea!
Let us know if we can help. The automated donation processing we do for charities and non-profits should work for your campaign needs.
https://bit-pay.com/forCharities.html
We can give you a Donate button for your site. We collect the name and address of the donor for each transaction. Check with your campaign manager, but this should cover the same requirements as if someone gave you a cash or check donation. The source of the funds must be identified. We can also collect a phone number from the donor if you want.
We sell the bitcoins immediately and record the current dollar valuation. The donor gets a receipt, you get an email, and we forward the US dollars directly to your bank account. It would be the exact same process as accepting a credit card.
Let me know if we can help!
Thanks
Tony
Well it should redirect to my host any time now so it will show a blank page with a link to download the ballot access petition.
I am running for US Congress in North Dakota District 1 (we only have the one)
I have read other posts on issues with accepting bitcoin. However people donate cash to campaigns all the time. Could I not simply have a form on my website collecting the required donor information and generating a bitcoin address? How would this be different from cash donations. In the unlikely event someone sent a large sum of coins to my campaign wallet, could I not simply state that any donations over the limit or not accompanied by the required donor information will be donated to the faucet or some non-profit?
Facebook page if you would like to give me a like:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Olson-for-US-Congress/178809988867755
Web site will be www.ericolson2012.com it should be up in a week or so.
I have read other posts on issues with accepting bitcoin. However people donate cash to campaigns all the time. Could I not simply have a form on my website collecting the required donor information and generating a bitcoin address? How would this be different from cash donations. In the unlikely event someone sent a large sum of coins to my campaign wallet, could I not simply state that any donations over the limit or not accompanied by the required donor information will be donated to the faucet or some non-profit?
Facebook page if you would like to give me a like:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Olson-for-US-Congress/178809988867755
Web site will be www.ericolson2012.com it should be up in a week or so.
All good questions for your campaign manager or accountant. Ask your accountant how would donations made in gold coins be handled? I would trust bitcoin would be quite similar. Value of donation would be 'Consensus market value at time of donation' - cost of conversion to usd= $donation. As far as donations that do not have the acceptable donater information with them, state that any such donations will be returned to sender. Anyone sending bitcoins to your address will of course have their sending address recorded with the transaction in the blockchain. Cheers, and good luck!
Derek
You might want to put up a website instead of a bunch of ads before you publicize your link.
Good luck!
I am running for US Congress in North Dakota District 1 (we only have the one)
I have read other posts on issues with accepting bitcoin. However people donate cash to campaigns all the time. Could I not simply have a form on my website collecting the required donor information and generating a bitcoin address? How would this be different from cash donations. In the unlikely event someone sent a large sum of coins to my campaign wallet, could I not simply state that any donations over the limit or not accompanied by the required donor information will be donated to the faucet or some non-profit?
Facebook page if you would like to give me a like:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Olson-for-US-Congress/178809988867755
Web site will be www.ericolson2012.com it should be up in a week or so.
I have read other posts on issues with accepting bitcoin. However people donate cash to campaigns all the time. Could I not simply have a form on my website collecting the required donor information and generating a bitcoin address? How would this be different from cash donations. In the unlikely event someone sent a large sum of coins to my campaign wallet, could I not simply state that any donations over the limit or not accompanied by the required donor information will be donated to the faucet or some non-profit?
Facebook page if you would like to give me a like:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eric-Olson-for-US-Congress/178809988867755
Web site will be www.ericolson2012.com it should be up in a week or so.
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