Howdy all.
The Conservative Action Fund PAC has recently filed an FEC advisory opinion request asking whether PACs should be allowed to accept Bitcoins.
Request:
http://saos.nictusa.com/aodocs/1245451.pdfComment by BitPay:
http://saos.nictusa.com/aodocs/1246139.pdfComment by Bitcoin Foundation:
http://saos.nictusa.com/aodocs/1246138.pdfDraft AO:
http://saos.nictusa.com/aodocs/201315.pdfI found out about it a couple days ago, and we are preparing a formal response, which you are welcome to view and comment on here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1laZxfuna-AXsW9WC4b53s_Eb1YAg7pY-YQAGKcUE9iw/editWe will be submitting this formally on Nov 12th. I would welcome your feedback on the above draft before then (on this thread, by email or inline in google docs).
I encourage you to submit your own comments for the record if you wish. If you would like to do so, just email
ao@fec.gov, mention "AO 2013-15 Conservative Action Fund", give your name and the name of any group you represent, and explain your views in response to the above documents. The deadline is November 13th, 12pm Eastern time.
Sincerely,
Sai
Make Your Laws PAC
https://makeyourlaws.orgPS Forum mods: could you please move this to general->legal? (ETA: Thanks!)