Cliff LyonPlease Contribute $5.00 to ActBlue-Utah
Funds will pay for ActBlue to build out their system to allow anyone anywhere on any website to ask for donations with a contribute button for any Utah state level candidate.
We need to raise another $9,000 this week so that this system can be up and running by July. We’ve raised almost $1000 since Thursday for ActBlue Utah and other candidates from ThankYouStephenColbert.org, ThankYouHarryTaylor.org, thankyouraymcgovern.org and this site from 22 contributors half of which are out of state.
Please invite one friend to contribute as well.
Now, it is a race to beat the other states so that we may have this infrastructure in place for Utah ASAP. You can go here www.actblue.com/directory/actblue to see our progress.
Benefits of ActBlue
- Will facilitate online credit card contributions for any state level Democratic candidate from any website for years to come thus eliminating the need for candidates to establish merchant accounts.
- Allows anyone to put a candidate specific donation button on their website without restriction.
- Provides each candidate with required compliance data, including the name and address (and phone and e-mail with the donor’s permission) of each contributor.
- Inures to Utah the tremendous benefits of ActBlue’s reputation with the large and growing Internet activist community.
Online Fundraising
Today there is no debate that the ability to capture credit card contributions online is not only important, but also critical for competitive races. This is especially true for races that need to activate a grassroots base.
…and please don’t tell James Evans.
PS: Ed Firmage’s coming next week. Sorry for the delay. It’ll be worth the wait.
May 7th, 2006 at 9:05 am
You got my 5 bucks! Thanks Cliff for doing this. You are a great man!
May 7th, 2006 at 9:21 am
7 contributions in the last hour! Thank you David, Bethany, Jen, Lynette, Lawrence, Frank, and Ed! Lets keep going!
July 29th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
[...] It all began with this post followed by an e-mail to about forty friends and pleas here and on ThankYouStephenColbert.org, ThankYouHarryTaylor.org, and eventually from the State Democratic Party. The biggest THANKS goes to Utah State House Minority Leader Ralph Becker. Originally published May 8, 2006: We raised $1276 during this weekend experiment in small dollar donations $620 for ActBlue-Utah. Of the 44 people who donated, 14 were from out of state. The total cost of this fundraiser was ZERO. [...]