ActBlue disabled their credit card verification process so that as long as the card numbers are valid, the name and address don't need to match the actual card owner's.
No other donation platform allows this, and it results in higher transaction fees.
Why?
No other donation platform allows this, and it results in higher transaction fees.
Why?
My research on this was the basis of the report from Take Back America that was publicized on Fox News.
Exclusive: Data shows that half of 2019 donations to ActBlue came from untraceable 'unemployed' donorsLess than two months ahead of the 2020 Presidential election – with concerns of foreign interference at the forefront following the calamity of 2016 – data harvested by the Take Back Action Fund and o…https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-data-shows-that-half-of-2019-donations-to-actblue-came-from-untraceable-unemployed-donors
This is a chart I created that was part of the report.
Employer is required to be reported, but if you are donating in the name of someone you don't know, you probably don't know the name of their actual employer - so you leave it blank, report retired/unemployed.
Employer is required to be reported, but if you are donating in the name of someone you don't know, you probably don't know the name of their actual employer - so you leave it blank, report retired/unemployed.
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