Thursday, December 04, 2014
Call for Action:
Send the FEC a letter that says,
"Hands off the internet."
Online: http://sers.fec.gov/forces/addcomments.htm?pid=93617
Paper: Federal Election Commission
Attn.: Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General Counsel
999 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20463
Be Sure to
Include: Each commenter’s full name and postal address
Deadline for
Comments: January 15, 2015
To Testify at
the Hearing: File a written comment by January 15, 2015, that includes a request to
testify at the public hearing.
The FEC has called for public comment on the FEC's regulation of political speech on the internet, as part of a broader look at revising their disclosure policies. Here is a statement by ViceChair Ann Ravel with some background. Skip it if legalese bores you.
In 2001, and again in 2005, intenet activists sent the FEC a then-record 1000 comments with the general idea of "Hands off the Internet", and they listened, and have mostly left us alone. But they are back, and we need to make our voices heard again. In the interests of Keeping it Simple, I'm suggesting people send in a 1-line comment that says "Hands off the internet." If we can get the word out via sites like reddit, eff, boingboing, etc., there could be dozens of us by the January 15th deadline. Please forward as appropriate, and I would appreciate copies to gtbear@gmail.com.
Thanks, Arbitrary Aardvark.
Send the FEC a letter that says,
"Hands off the internet."
Online: http://sers.fec.gov/forces/addcomments.htm?pid=93617
Paper: Federal Election Commission
Attn.: Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General Counsel
999 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20463
Be Sure to
Include: Each commenter’s full name and postal address
Deadline for
Comments: January 15, 2015
To Testify at
the Hearing: File a written comment by January 15, 2015, that includes a request to
testify at the public hearing.
The FEC has called for public comment on the FEC's regulation of political speech on the internet, as part of a broader look at revising their disclosure policies. Here is a statement by ViceChair Ann Ravel with some background. Skip it if legalese bores you.
In 2001, and again in 2005, intenet activists sent the FEC a then-record 1000 comments with the general idea of "Hands off the Internet", and they listened, and have mostly left us alone. But they are back, and we need to make our voices heard again. In the interests of Keeping it Simple, I'm suggesting people send in a 1-line comment that says "Hands off the internet." If we can get the word out via sites like reddit, eff, boingboing, etc., there could be dozens of us by the January 15th deadline. Please forward as appropriate, and I would appreciate copies to gtbear@gmail.com.
Thanks, Arbitrary Aardvark.
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