Posted on 09/10/2010 7:33:31 AM PDT by stayathomemom
My husband wants to legally donate to candidates before the election but wishes to stay off mailing lists. (We have managed to get on about 100 by donating during previous election cycles.) He was wondering about sending cash in amounts less than $200 in an envelope with no return address. I apologize for this vanity, but my husband really wanted input from others on this topic.
we probably get on average 6 letters a day appealing for funds....not to mention we get these 1-800 calls which we no longer answer....
Don’t send cash! It will never get there. You might call some of the candidates’ offices and tell them your concern about being on their mailing list. I’m sure you could probably be kept off if requested, especially if you are donating to them. Keep in mind that most of the candidates get their info from voting rolls. You are going to get junk mail, no matter what.
I would not send real cash... too much temptation. Money orders can be fairly anonymous, made payable to the campaign.
Unless you are donating to the 2008 Obama presidential campaign from Saudi Arabia with a prepaid Visa card, I think anonymous donations are frowned upon
Your names are one donation lists due to polls you answer. Donation hungry entities do not share lists for obvious reasons (why sell the golden goose to someone who will hurt you later?), but pollsters have no shame in getting money.
Say you opposed gay marriage in your state and were polled on that issue. If you are against gay marriage - whammo! you wind up on the conservative list. If you’re pro gay marriage and answer a poll to that effect - then you’re on the liberal agenda list. That’s it in a nutshell.
Go ahead and give your donations to whomever you want to, ignore the rest. Be polite to fundraisers you choose not to fund - it doesn’t hurt to be decent to someone you agree with, but can’t afford to help.
I wouldn’t send cash.
You might consider buying money orders filled out to the candidates.
Any candidate worth supporting would not take anonymous donations.
It reeks of fraud and influence buying.
Does no one remember John Huang coming to the Clinton White House with sequentially-numbered money orders?
Donate online then opt out of the emails.
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