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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDU for the Georgia 2020 runoff ActBlue link is now operational (UPDATED with Fair Fight)
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UPDATE: I have added Fair Fight as an option to donate to by request. A donation to fair Fight is optional and not mandatory.
Info on Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/
You can automatically split it in thirds OR designate a certain amount to Ossoff, Warnock, or Fair Fight.
Tips to NON-PROFIT ActBlue are optional. ActBlue makes no $ from you donation. Tips are how ActBlue is funded.
Contribute here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dufor2020runoff
bigtree
(85,996 posts)...
tblue37
(65,340 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,647 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,337 posts)gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)Just got an E mail that they are matching 300%.
Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)There is no match with the DU link.
OS
gibraltar72
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LAS14
(13,783 posts)And thank you, thank you for this work!!!
Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)I don't know how many DUers know what Fair Fight is.
Here is the Fair Fight link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fair-fight-1
OS
Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)I added Fair Fight to the mix.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Omaha Steve
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crickets
(25,969 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)Thank you for doing this!
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Will probably do so next month as well.
Were all in this together.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)JudyM
(29,235 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)This is a good start. I should have our first report up in a couple hours.
OS
W_HAMILTON
(7,864 posts)(1) While I donated to various candidates during election season, I opted to mostly go through the candidates' own donation sites rather than use DU's; I assumed they would always get more money that way, rather than using a middleman, which may take a portion of the donation. If I donate, say, $20 to them via DU, will the entire $20 go to them, or will some get redirected to DU or some other entity?
(2) Do you all give/sell away our email addresses when we donate? Lord knows I am still fighting through a backlog of random websites asking me to donate through them for various candidates/causes, and it's kinda annoying and a lot of work to go through and process all those unsubscribes, etc. I donate when I can and never has one of those freak-out email solicitations got me to donate when I wouldn't have otherwise.
Thank you!
Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)Thanks for asking. Most candidates use ActBlue.
Out of $20, 3.95% goes to the credit card company. The same amount going through the candidates own site would be charged. The DU gets nothing from your donation.
ActBlue does not sell OR send emails or texts. You will get a receipt email for a donation.
ActBlue is a non-profit PAC funded entirely by optional tips.
Besides Ossoff and Warnock, we are also raising funds for Fair Fight (STACEY ABRAMS) as an option. Fair Fight is a national voting rights organization rooted in Georgia: https://fairfight.com/about-fair-fight/
I hope this answers your questions. IF not just ask for more info.
OS
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We take care of building fundraising tools and technology so the groups using our platform can focus on engaging and communicating with their supporters we don't fundraise, donate, or send texts or emails on behalf of any group. And as a nonprofit ourselves, were funded by our own amazing small-dollar donors!
W_HAMILTON
(7,864 posts)And, yes, I had been donating through ActBlue before, but just the ActBlue links from the candidate webpages rather than go through a conduit like DU since I was worried that such places might take a cut of the donation and less would go to the candidates themselves. It sounds like that is not the case, so I can feel safe donating through here. Thanks for the quick answer!
Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)JudyM
(29,235 posts)JT99
(36 posts)I just donated!
blaze
(6,360 posts)We really need to get the Senate.