IP: FEC will likely OK online "checks"

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: rodger () worldnet att net
>
> From:
> http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg858.htm
>
>
> Candidates eye matching funds for e-checks
>
> By Will Rodger, USATODAY.com
>
> Spurred by candidates' success with online credit card
> contributions, political consultants have dreamed up yet
> another cutting-edge money grabber.
>
> Checks.
>
> Sometime early next month, the Federal Election
> Commission is expected to take up a petition to grant
> matching funds for contributions made via check online.
> The proposal would add a third way to contribute --
> credit and debit cards already are approved for matching
> funds.
>
> "Online checks could be the 'killer app' of this
> campaign cycle," Campaign Advantage CEO Phil Tajitsu
> Nash said Thursday. Nash first petitioned the FEC to
> weigh the proposal in November.
>
> FEC Chair Scott Thomas Thursday said the political
> consultant will likely get what he wants. "I'm always
> hopeful the commission can interpret the law to take
> into account modern technologies. I'm assuming the
> commission will take a fresh look at this and issue a
> ruling that will allow most of what the requestor has
> sought," he said................