Bernie’s Army of Coders

Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders by rbanffy on Thursday February 18, 2016 @07:08PM (#11130476)

I wonder if, as someone who sympathizes with the Sanders campaign, a foreign citizen who is not a US resident, could legally get involved in this.

I would, most definitely, not want to create any legal problems to the campaign.

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Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders by stephenboyd on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:24AM (#11131956)

I'm not anyone's attorney, but yes, you can legally volunteer.

> The Commission has concluded herein that because uncompensated volunteer services are not considered to be a contribution under the Act, any individual, including a foreign national, may volunteer his or her uncompensated services to a candidate without making a contribution to that candidate.

From the PDF linked from here: http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/foreign.shtml#Volunteer

Whether the Sanders campaign actually wants foreign volunteers is a different issue.

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Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders by cmdrfred on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:06PM (#11135217)

Could you not in theory start up a corporation as a foreigner and then spread your "free speech"¹ around all as you like?

¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

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Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders by rbanffy on Friday February 19, 2016 @10:34AM (#11134015)

\o/

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Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders by ild on Friday February 19, 2016 @02:17AM (#11132113)

Permanent residents even allowed to make monetary donation.

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