Should the Foundation endorse this effort?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet-the-hamilton-electo...
So, basically, do something that directly violates federal law?
"Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity." [1]
No, we shouldn't do that.
Regards, Kirill
[1] https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/the-restr...
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:33 AM, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Should the Foundation endorse this effort?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet- the-hamilton-electors-hoping-for-an-electoral-college-revolt/508433/
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On 22/11/16 10:33, James Salsman wrote:
Should the Foundation endorse this effort?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet-the-hamilton-electo...
Er, what? In what universe would it be a good idea for the Wikimedia Foundation to get involved in American electoral politics in any way, let alone that way?
Gerv
No.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 09:40 James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Should the Foundation endorse this effort?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet-the-hamilton-electo...
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I'm with Gerv on this. *I* endorse the idea, but the WMF should absolutely take no stance on the politics of any nation-state other than on specific topics.
If Trump says something stupid about one of our policy areas we should criticise him for it; if he says something sensible about one of them, we should welcome it. But the WMF totally shouldn't intervene in political campaigns in the more sense, even if the IRS code didn't forbid it.
On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 at 15:50 Veni Markovski veni@veni.com wrote:
No.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 09:40 James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet-the-hamilton-electo...
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