Everyone should read the fine print about disclosure before making any political donation. It seems hard to donate to a political campaign nowadays without going through a conduit like ActBlue or WinRed, and those conduits have to disclose everything publicly (even if under $200). Some other stuff has to be disclosed if $200+. Some stuff doesn’t have to be publicly disclosed at all. There’s a pending lawsuit about the conduit disclosures, but I wouldn’t assume it will succeed.
I generally like transparency in political donations, but one might reasonably value not being on a public list for various reasons, and does the public really have any legitimate need to know that I gave $5 to John Doe for Congress?
Everyone should read the fine print about disclosure before making any political donation. It seems hard to donate to a political campaign nowadays without going through a conduit like ActBlue or WinRed, and those conduits have to disclose everything publicly (even if under $200). Some other stuff has to be disclosed if $200+. Some stuff doesn’t have to be publicly disclosed at all. There’s a pending lawsuit about the conduit disclosures, but I wouldn’t assume it will succeed.
I generally like transparency in political donations, but one might reasonably value not being on a public list for various reasons, and does the public really have any legitimate need to know that I gave $5 to John Doe for Congress?