Libertarian Party Of Texas And Other Political Organizations Accept Bitcoin Donations
The Libertarian Party of Texas announced their acceptance of Bitcoin donations recently: "Accepting Bitcoin offers our members and donors another option when it comes to financial contributions to the Libertarian Party of Texas," said Patrick Dixon, Chair, Libertarian Party of Texas. "I am very proud that our party is the first in Texas to accept Bitcoin." For a full list of Political Organizations that accept Bitcoin donations, check here. The Libertarian 2014 State Convention. On April 11th through April 13th, the Libertarian 2014 State Convention was held at the Frank W. Mayborn Civic....
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The Libertarian Party of Texas announced Friday that they're bracing bitcoin by accepting donations. The announcement comes at the start of the Party's State Convention, taking place between April 11 through 13 in Temple, Texas. "Accepting Bitcoin offers our members and donors another option when it comes to financial contributions to the Libertarian Party of Texas," said Patrick Dixon, Chair at the Party. "I am very proud that our party is the first in Texas to accept Bitcoin." The move isn't entirely surprising. Many libertarians like the concept of digital currency like bitcoin, which....
Bitcoin officially infiltrated one of the two major United States political parties this weekend when the Louisiana Republican Party (LAGOP) began accepting bitcoin donations. "The party hasn't publicly launched our bitcoin donation page, but the link went live over the weekend," LAGOP Executive Director Jason Doré told CCN. "We plan to do a public launch later this week." While the Libertarian Party was the first political party to accept bitcoin donations back in April 2013, the Louisiana Republican Party says they are the first major state political party to accept donations via the....
It’s all the rage in politics. Democrats are doing it. Federal-level politicians are doing it, and state-level politics are trying to get on it too. Hell, even some Republicans are taking a stab at it. Now, finally, the libertarians are on board with accepting Bitcoins as campaign donations as well (and in Texas, no less). The Libertarian Party of Texas is claiming to be the first political party in Texas to accept Bitcoin. “We fully support and endorse free markets, open systems, and creative innovation,” the party website says. “We embrace this and any other experiment in an alternative....
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) in the US has been asked to decide whether bitcoin donations can be used in political campaigns. Lawyers for Conservative Action Fund PAC (CAF) wrote to the commission on whether political candidates are allowed to accept donations in bitcoins as well as dollars. The request, which was written by Dan Backer of campaign finance and political law firm DB Capitol Strategies, also asks the commission to clarify whether CAF may then sell or directly spend any bitcoin donations it receives. "As increasing numbers of individuals trade in bitcoin, political....