Fundraising for Delegates

Our delegates are a pretty diverse group, from teenagers to senior citizens, and from one end of the socio-economic scale to the other. There have been some interesting discussions among the various delegates about fundraising. While we all understood that we'd be responsible for our convention expenses, airfare and rooms at the official convention hotel (the Hilton Garden Inn for those of us from Maine) don't come cheap.

Some local or county Democratic groups have held events to help individual delegates raise money. Many of us have PayPal accounts (mine is under dncwoman@gmail.com) and have been receiving donations for several weeks now. Those who know us believe that we will represent them thoughtfully and well, and want to show their support.

Delegates are not permitted to work too closely together on this, however. If they collaborate and raise more than $1000 to be divided among members of their group, they are classified as a committee and would have to file with the Federal Elections Commission, a daunting task.

This makes raising money more complicated, but we're still working on it!