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September 25, 2012, 08:41:11 AM
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(This is a press release directly on the Candidate's web site)

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Vermont State Senate Candidate Accepts Bitcoin Contributions

2012-09-24

http://vermontelection.org/2012/09/24/bitcoin/

Jeremy Hansen of Berlin, Vermont, a professor of computer science and independent candidate for Vermont’s State Senate representing Washington County announced today that he would accept campaign contributions in the form of Bitcoin, a digital currency.
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Jeremy Hansen recently on slashdot:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/14/160233/vermont-senate-hopeful-jeremy-hansen-responds-on-mostly-direct-democracy


Also Recently... Mark Warden, A New Hampshire State Rep also announced acceptance of Bitcoin political donations:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108929.0

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September 25, 2012, 08:58:31 AM
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Cool! Not that I support a small group of people governing anyone without their explicit consent but I think this is good because if politicians are seen accepting it maybe bigger businesses will find the courage to follow suit.

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September 26, 2012, 01:38:06 AM
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Cool!

I also wanted to point out he's using my new https://www.bitcoinbuilder.com/donate/ service to accept the political contributions. It's designed completely for complying with local campaign contribution laws, so the candidate can set max donation amounts or if they require an address, etc.

It automatically forwards all the contributions to a "main" address set by the campaign, but keeps a nice log of everything including the market value at the exact moment of the contribution. It's more specifically suited for this than the bitpay buttons mark warden put up after originally just posting one address to send to anonymously! Hmm, maybe I'll contact him and see if he would be interested in switching. No fees at all too! (I'm not sure if bitpay is charging their normal fees.)

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September 26, 2012, 07:40:49 PM
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Cool!

I also wanted to point out he's using my new https://www.bitcoinbuilder.com/donate/ service to accept the political contributions. It's designed completely for complying with local campaign contribution laws, so the candidate can set max donation amounts or if they require an address, etc.

I just sent the link to someone working for a U.S. Congressional candidate that just moments ago decided to accept bitcoins for his campaign. It'll take a a day or so before his website is ready, I'm sure. Let y'all know when it is ready.

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September 30, 2012, 06:09:31 PM
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That's awesome, thanks for spreading the word, and I look forward to seeing the link! And donating!  Smiley
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September 30, 2012, 07:32:25 PM
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quick capitalists Smiley
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October 03, 2012, 11:08:25 PM
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Discussion on this topic continues on this thread:

Jeremy Hansen in Vermont accepting political donations via Bitcoin
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=115299.0

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October 04, 2012, 07:00:41 PM
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Wow that is great news, the more politicians that are willing to accept bitcoins, the more that are likely to support it in the future.

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