For Those Wanting to Comment to the FEC About Attempts to Restrict Blogs

This relates back to the information I posted last night - link here - about a short window left to state your opinion on federal attempts to control blogs and political commentary by the Federal Election Commission.

But Mike Krempansky of The Online Coalition - contact him here - is making a generous offer to compile comments for those who don't want to broadcast their private details to the FEC (I filed directly with the FEC; it's not like they don't have a file on me somewhere already). Specifically:

Since our update last night, many of you have raised an important question that illustrates one of the major problems with the process at the Federal Election Commission - that they require your name and address to even accept a comment on a proposed piece of regulation.

We all know that not only do many bloggers operate anonymously or with a pseudonym, but that one of the near-cardinal rules for life on the internet is *don't publish your address*.

Accordingly, I am prepared to submit your comment on your behalf - using my name and address to meet the FEC's requirement. I will compile as many bloggers' comments as I receive by Friday close-of-business, May 27th.

If you'd like to take advantage of this - just email me your blog URL, blog title, and if you'd like - your name, along with whatever comment you'd like the FEC to receive. They won't be edited, simply compied into one document with an introduction explaining the problem - and why it shows such a weakness in their approach to regulating the internet.