Campaign Verify

common questions

WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS VERIFICATION?

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If you are a registered Federal, State, Local or Tribal political committee, campaign consultant, aggregator, or texting platform, please submit our initial webform to receive information on how to get started.

How do I find my Filing URL?

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For Federally registered committees, you should find a link to your filing record on the FEC’s website: https://www.fec.gov/data/.

For State, Local, and Tribal committees, you should find a link to your filing record on the website of the relevant election authority. In most cases, this will be on the Secretary of State’s website, or the county or municipal government’s website. To assist you with your search, we have provided a list of State-level domains here.

Campaign Verify accepts a variety of current online filings such as: campaign finance forms, organizational reports, election and committee listings, and additional election authority documentation that displays the entity is active and lists a campaign postal address, email address and/or phone number.

Campaign Verify will not accept any filings that are not provided directly by the election authority.

HOW LONG DOES THE COMPLETE VERIFICATION PROCESS TAKE?

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Once information is submitted, a Campaign Verify staff member will approve or reject your information within minutes to two business days. Delays may occur if your campaign’s published election authority filing is not readily available. The length of time it takes to receive the confirmation PIN code depends on your verification method. Texting or emailing the PIN code is immediate. Calling with the PIN code is dependent on your preference; you may select an immediate call or at a set time frame. Delivering the PIN via U.S. postal mail takes approximately 5-10 business days.

Is Campaign Verify required?

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Major U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T and T-Mobile, require political entities utilizing Application-to-Person 10-Digit Long Code (A2P 10DLC) messaging to register their brand and obtain a verification token. Verification from Campaign Verify lets political groups have access to increased text messaging throughput from wireless carriers via a special registration category - the political special use-case - in The Campaign Registry. Campaign Verify is an authorized vetting partner of The Campaign Registry, which is managing 10DLC registration on behalf of major U.S. wireless carriers.

If a political entity does not successfully undergo identity verification and attempts to send bulk text messaging, wireless carriers may impose fines and block the messaging.

WHAT IS THE VERIFICATION FEE?

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There is a one-time fee per entity verification per two-year election cycle. Verification is $95 for all committee types.

DOES CAMPAIGN VERIFY OFFER ITS IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICE BEYOND THE TEXT MESSAGING ECOSYSTEM?

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Campaign Verify’s service is designed to easily be utilized by another network that could benefit from identity verification from a trusted, independent entity. If you are interested in learning more about our capabilities, please contact info@campaignverify.org.

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WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

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