Can People See Your Political Contributions Online?

Folks,

This week I’m doing a video screencast to answer a question submitted to BlackWeb 2.0

Someone ran across this page at CampaignMoney.com showing the name of the person, how much they contributed and to who.  This raised the question of privacy and if it was legal.

Can your neighbor find out how much you gave and to who?

The short answer is yes.

Resources

Fundrace – Look up political contributions of celebrities or your neighbors

Federal Election Comission – The agency that enforces funding in federal elections

Sunlight Foundation – Watchdog group to keep the goverment and political groups in check