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

by Chris Bowers and Benjamin Rahn

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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:

• Every Democratic candidate for every state legislative and executive office can immediately accept contributions online.
• Every supporter can immediately fundraise online for the Democratic candidates and party committees of their choice.

ActBlue is already up and running in Virginia, and in this poll 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.

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