ABOUT THE UTILITY
Slatecard is a utility to support and enhance Republican activism.
"Slatecard" is Slatecard.com PAC. Slatecard.com PAC is an independent, federally registered political action committee (PAC) which acts as a "conduit" to raise money online to help Republican candidates for federal office in compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA).
It is no secret that Democrats are far ahead of Republicans in converting their online presence to offline support. One website which the Left has used effectively since 2004, is ActBlue.com (ActBlue PAC), a site which provides a tool for activists and committees to raise funds for the candidates and causes they support. In fact, millions of dollars have been raised through the site since 2004.
It is our hope that Slatecard will level the playing field for Republican candidates and causes by providing an innovative platform for use by the
Right kind of activists.
Our utility is available for use by all candidates running for a Republican federal office and we hope to make this service available to state and local candidates where possible in the near future.
Using a commercial vendor to handle our transactions, we are leveraging some of the lowest available rates on the market, which means that by contributing to candidates through Slatecard.com PAC, a larger percentage of the donation will actually end up going to the candidate. Soon, we will work to integrate with PayPal to offer more options to our users.
INNOVATIVE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE ACTIVISM
Issue badges, buttons, and The Ticker are innovative tools the utility deploys to increase support for the
Right kind of candidates and committees and enhance the experience. Quite simply, at Slatecard,
”It’s fun to give Right.”
ABOUT US
Slatecard was co-founded by
David All and
Sendhil Panchadsaram in 2007. David serves as the Executive Director and Sendhil is the Chief Developer/Chief Information Officer for Slatecard.
Joe Mansour serves as a Special Projects Coordinator for Slatecard.
* David is President of the David All Group and is the founder of TechRepublican.
* Sendhil is a Republican activist and a software developer based in San Diego, CA.
* Joe works at the David All Group and is a contributor to TechRepublican.
Slatecard is guided by a
Board of Directors who play a critical role in determining how the non-earmarked funds of the site should be spent and offer suggestions to help improve the utility for candidates, committees, bloggers, and activists.
Members of our Board of Directors include:
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(Honorary Board Member) Saul Anuzis is the Chairman of the
Michigan Republican Party and a well-recognized proponent of using technology to strengthen the Republican Party.
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John Hawkins runs
Right Wing News and
Conservative Grapevine, and writes a weekly column for
Townhall.com. Hawkins also founded and led the Rightroots group, a grassroots effort that collected almost $300,000 for Republican candidates in the last three months of the 2006 election cycle.
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John Hinderaker is one of the most well-respected conservative bloggers who blogs at
Power Line Blog, and is a lawyer with a nationwide litigation practice.
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Steve Urquhart is a State Representative in Utah and is the founder of
Politicopia.com, a groundbreaking blend of politics + Web 2.0 which aims to politically empower individuals, encourage better dialogue, and produce better legislative solutions.
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Todd Zeigler is a senior vice president at
The Bivings Group whose clients include Friends of Fred Thompson, Inc., the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the Republican National Committee. He blogs about the smart application of open-source technology and Web 2.0 at
The Bivings Report.
Slatecard has retained the counsel of
Don McGahn who manages McGahn & Associates, a law firm that specializes in political law. McGahn represents national parties, state parties, Senate and House campaigns, Leadership PACs, and others in the political arena.
Keith A. Davis of Huckaby Davis Lisker is the Treasurer for Slatecard.com PAC who previously worked for Bush-Cheney '04 and many other Republican campaigns and committees.
If you want to be a part of the Slatecard team and our elite list of
Slatecard Captains, please send an email to Joe at team@slatecard.com. Our Slatecard Captains help us test new technologies for the site and help keep our robust candidate directory current.
CONCLUSION
In 2006, 22 races were won or lost by
less than 2 percent. In 2002 and 2004, just seven races total were won or lost by less than 2 percent. We’re no longer winning and losing races with wide margins. One of the reasons why we lost the House and Senate majorities is because the Democrats embraced a coordinated, national 50-state strategy using Democratic sites like ActBlue to help ensure that key races had the resources they needed to get their message out.
With your help, Slatecard will help deliver those resources to even more Republican candidates as the premiere online utility for Republican activism. Please
consider giving us a generous contribution to help improve the platform, pay expenses, and expand our reach beyond Federal candidates.
We’ll make you proud. Promise.
RESOURCES
* Answers to our most
Frequently Asked Questions.
* Read our
privacy policy for details on how we protect your privacy and our terms of service.
* You can read more about the genesis and evolution of Slatecard at our blog post,
"It was time for Slatecard".