Richard C. Miadich is chairman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission. (Photo courtesy of the state FPPC.)
Imagine his surprise when he then discovered that the candidate deceived him so that he contributed more money without his consent by using an image before verification or a configuration on his website of donations which strengthens him automatically for recurring contributions. The campaign automatically invoices your credit card month after month. In addition to that, the campaign makes it difficult and slow to stop recurring contributions. Perhaps finally, he will succeed in finishing the accusations after months of effort, but the campaign does not reimburse the money which he automatically raised. Such behavior is legal in accordance with the existing and federal law. The Fair Political Practices Commission, financing the non -partisan campaign of California, wants to ban this practice. Bill 775 of the Assembly would do this exactly. We completely support this bill and urge the legislature and governor Gavin Newsom to make the law. In the FPPC, we learned for the first time the use of contribution campaigns before verification after the electoral cycle of 2020.
Media relationships also detailed the difficulty of the obstacles that were established to end the recurring contributions. It was specified that this practice is not only misleading. It is potentially a predator. AB 775 is designed to stop this practice in the national and local elections of California. Written by the assembly Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, with deputy Jordan Cunningham, R-San Luis Obispo, as a co-author, the bill would prohibit the practice. According to the bill, recurring contributions would only be authorized after a donor consent to parish and clearly did not let him know how to cancel the recurring contribution in the future. The campaigns would be required to immediately cancel a recurring contribution to the donor's request. The campaigns that violate this new law would be subject to fines under the law on political reform. California would be one of the first states to solve the problem. The FPPC voted unanimously to support and sponsor AB 775. As an independent and non -partisan commission, we recognize the important objective and the need for the bill to have generalized and bipartite support. And he does it. It is not a partisan problem but of transparency and justice. 
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