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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by wcummings on Friday March 14, 2014 @03:13PM (#7401080)
No Bitcoin option for donations! :(
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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by anigbrowl on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:52PM (#7401786)
Soliciting donations in currencies other than the US dollar while running for Congress would look bizarre and unpatriotic to most people, not to mention that it might be interpreted as an attempt to circumvent laws on political donations.
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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by wcummings on Friday March 14, 2014 @05:15PM (#7401926)
I believe its already been done

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/01/10/260572933...

I'll admit I'm a little surprised there wasn't some legal ramification

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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by itsdrewmiller on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:04PM (#7402605)
It gets converted into US dollars before it hits the campaign bank account, so no different from a cash contribution really.
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