Activate ActBlue in OH, PA, TX, FL, and MT

Activate ActBlue in OH, PA, TX, FL, and MT Chris Bowers and Benjamin Rahn brahn@actblue.com Up until now ActBlue has only been legally set up to fundraise for candidates for U.S. House and Senate — but that's about to change in a big way. One of ActBlue's biggest 2005-06 projects is to expand its fundraising capacity to candidates for state offices across the country. When we've activated ActBlue in a state:<ul><li>Every Democratic candidate for every state legislative and executive office can immediately accept contributions online.</li><li>Every supporter can immediately fundraise online for the Democratic candidates and party committees of their choice.</li></ul> ActBlue is already up and running in <a href="/directory/state?state=VA">Virginia</a>, and in <a href="http://www.demochoice.org/dcresults.php?poll=200650#Round1">this poll</a> the blogosphere chose Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida and Montana as the next priorities. The most challenging part of bringing this huge strategic advantage to Democrats at the state level is the legal side -- the staff time and lawyers, Lawyers, LAWYERS, required to do this right are going to cost on average $10,000 per state, at least for the first set of states we take on. So we're asking: can you help make it happen? This isn't like supporting just one campaign: funds invested now will be returned many times over to candidates in crucial races across the country. So this is about leverage. This is about building a lasting piece of infrastructure for online politics, and bringing lasting strategic advantage to Democrats where it matters most. Please support these states today. public true 7748.02 92 ActBlue Ohio false actblue ohio 5000.00 3516.02 68 https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/8761 1961.02 64 Many thanks to our recent contributors: <a href="http://www.corruptrepub.blogspot.com/">David Michaelson</a>, Jon Adams, Peter Swiderski, Lynne C Rustad, PhD, <a href="http://www.bopnews.com">Matt Stoller</a>, Tobias Frere-Jones, Gabriel Fineman, Justin Pollack, Jeffrey Newman, <a href="http://www.putative.com">Paul Hughes</a>, Ian Simmons, Brian Murphy, Susan S. Pastin, Margaret Yonco-Haines, Gregory Kruse, Patricia Blochowiak, <a href="http://www.politicsandletters.com">Joseph Gabriel</a>, Neil Blair, Dan Franklin, Eric Sundquist, Judith Freeman ActBlue Pennsylvania false actblue pennsylvania 5000.00 1582.00 67 https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/8764 1332.00 58 Many thanks to our recent contributors: Jon Adams, E. Tinsman, Tobias Frere-Jones, Gabriel Fineman, Jeffrey Newman, <a href="http://www.putative.com">Paul Hughes</a>, Dr B Gerard Bricks, Ian Simmons, Brian Murphy, Susan S. Pastin, Wendell George, Gregory Kruse, Neil Blair, Dan Franklin, Eric Sundquist, Dan Fisher, Judith Freeman ActBlue Texas false actblue texas 5000.00 3130.02 91 https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/8769 1907.00 61 Many thanks to our recent contributors: <a href="http://www.blackrockonline.com">Lawrence Huynh</a>, Paul Lynam, Tobias Frere-Jones, Gabriel Fineman, Jeffrey Newman, <a href="http://www.putative.com">Paul Hughes</a>, Ian Simmons, Brian Murphy, Michael McPhail, Susan S. Pastin, Morton J. Graham III, <a href="http://www.alliswell.com">David Boswell</a>, Gregory Kruse, Neil Blair, Dan Franklin, Eric Sundquist, Judith Freeman, <a href="http://www.yearlykos.org/">Anika Denton</a>, <a href="http://www.corruptrepub.blogspot.com/">David Michaelson</a>, Morton J. Graham III ActBlue Florida false actblue florida 5000.00 1511.55 61 https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/8735 1356.00 53 Many thanks to our recent contributors: Gabriel Fineman, Jeffrey Newman, <a href="http://www.putative.com">Paul Hughes</a>, Ian Simmons, Brian Murphy, Susan S. Pastin, Wendell George, Gregory Kruse, Neil Blair, Dan Franklin, Eric Sundquist, Judith Freeman ActBlue Montana false actblue montana 5000.00 1252.00 55 https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/8752 1192.00 52 Many thanks to our recent contributors: <a href="http://www.leftinthewest.com/">Matt Singer</a>, Peter Swiderski, <a href="http://democracyformontana.org">Linda Beischel</a>, Gabriel Fineman, Justin Pollack, Jeffrey Newman, <a href="http://www.putative.com">Paul Hughes</a>, Ian Simmons, Brian Murphy, Susan S. Pastin, Gregory Kruse, Neil Blair, Dan Franklin, Eric Sundquist, Judith Freeman