WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign is taking donations via text message.
Both Obama and rival Mitt
Romney as are accepting text contributions as a way to tap small-dollar
donors. The Federal Election Commission has given the practice a green
light.
To give to Obama, mobile
users on most cell carriers can text "GIVE" to 62262 and give up to $50,
and the charge will appear on the user's phone bill.
Campaign manager Jim
Messina says text donations will help the campaign engage more
grassroots supporters "who want to play a role by donating whatever they
can afford to the campaign."
Supporters can contribute a maximum of $200 via text per election cycle.
