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Re:(Trying To) Face Down The Evil At TechCrunch Disrupt by schoen on Monday September 09, 2013 @01:09PM (#6354652)
EFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is not allowed to endorse or oppose political candidates. (I work there.)
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Re:(Trying To) Face Down The Evil At TechCrunch Disrupt by andyakb on Monday September 09, 2013 @05:09PM (#6356225)
That doesnt stop you from promoting "issues" and highlighting a stance a candidate has on those issues, you simply cannot use the magic words [1]. This is a fairly strange defense because 501(c)(3) organizations are almost synonymous with this type of lobbying.

1: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections...

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Re:(Trying To) Face Down The Evil At TechCrunch Disrupt by protomyth on Monday September 09, 2013 @01:50PM (#6354963)
Then they are definitely not the answer to what we need. Sadly, fear drives elections and tech doesn't scare anyone.
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