Guys, do NOT use fake names.

[rory096]

Not only is making campaign contributions under a false name not allowed, but the campaign cannot knowingly accept such contributions.

The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) directly prohibits any person from making political contributions in the name of another. Title 2 U.S.C. § 441f.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/11cfr110.4.htm

From the FEC website:

http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/contrib.shtml#Prohibited_Contributions



Edit: The name on the credit card is not good enough, as a credit card may be in a nickname. My real first name isn't on my credit card. The campaign is reqired to provide your first and last name.

It creates problems for the campaign. They will end up being subtracted from our total today. This is what they have to go through when recieving prohibited contributions:

http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/contrib.shtml#Prohibited_Contributions

added to first post. thanks.

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

Bump

 

[tropicangela]

I've seen the screenshots of Hillary and Rudy. Represent yourself! It's funny but this is important!

 

[Mark Rushmore]

If you don't use your real name, you are violating Federal elections law.

In America you don't have a "real" name (not with the state-sanctioned state-approved connotations in your post). You have whatever name you like. Let's not go ahead and give up that right to the state when they haven't even explicitly tried to take it yet (although they certainly have tried to take it in many subtle ways, with issues of ID and going so far as the present one we're discussing).