Reference desk

Legal and FEC reference

Educational only. Not legal advice. See the FEC and qualified counsel for your situation.

US federal law restricts financial contributions and certain expenditures by foreign nationals in connection with US elections. Uncompensated volunteer activity such as phone banking sits in a different category, provided you do not accept payment and do not make donations you are not permitted to make. Always follow the campaign's official training before you call.

Each campaign sets its own volunteer agreement, scripts, and compliance checkpoints. Use the campaign's official portal and recorded training before making calls. Where a script disagrees with anything on this site, follow the script.

We do not pay volunteers. We do not collect donations. We do not resell voter file data. We do not share your forum activity with campaigns. We are a community and a coordination layer, nothing more.