The Federal Election Commission is pushing Congress to stop allowing recurring contributions through “prechecked boxes” on political donation pages after former President Donald Trump’s campaign’s use of the tactic led to a flood of refunds and fraud complaints.
The commission is an independent federal regulatory agency whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance laws and serve as a watchdog in federal elections. The bipartisan commission has three Democratic commissioners and three Republicans, appointed by Trump, all six of whom came together Thursday to ask Congress to protect online donors by banning political campaigns from using prechecked boxes.
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