Trail Blazer, Non-Profit and Political Talk!

Trail Blazer team has been working hard the past few months on completeing the approval process for the Fair Poltical Practices Commission's, or FPPC for short, Form 460 (F460). this is the most used Form for the FPPC, candidates (and candidate committees) use this form for quarterly and semi annual reports. We have been working closly with the California Secretary of State Debra Bowen's (CA SOS) politcal reform division to gain the approval needed to become listed on the SOS list "Vendors/Service Providers Approved for Electronic Filing in California". I hope to announce soon that we have been approved and added to that list.

This time of year a lot of new campaigns get started and ask "what do I need to put on my contribution page for a disclaimer?"

While we are not lawyers, we suggest that you keep it simple. Somthing like:

Disclaimer:

• The Federal Election Commission requires that all of these statements are true for anyone contributing to the campaign.
  I am a US Citizen or Permanent Resident
  I am donating my own money
  I am not under contract to the Federal Government
  I am not making this contribution in the name of another person
  I am 18 years of age or older
  
  
• If there is an occupation/employer: Federal law requires political committees to use their best efforts to obtain and report the name, mailing address, occupation, and employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in an election cycle.
  
  
• Contributions to <> are not deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes. Federal law limits contributions to $4,800 per person ($2,400 primary election, $2,400 general election). Contributions can be drawn individually or jointly from personal funds only. Joint contributions are attributed to each contributor equally. Corporate checks are prohibited. Cash contributions cannot be accepted. Contributions from foreign nationals are prohibited.