Running Slatecard is not easy, inexpensive, or fun. It's without a doubt one of the most time-consuming projects we have ever taken on.
It requires constant attention from a team of volunteers spread throughout the nation including:
- Co-founder and chief developer Sendhil Panchadsaram,
- Day-to-day management officer Joe Mansour,
- Slatecard issue badge designer Katie Harbath,
- A dozen Slatecard Captains who help us keep the directory up-to-date and keep us motivated,
- Interns who help Joe with management activities,
- Consistent feedback from developers, candidates, bloggers, and users on how to make the utility better, and
- Me.
If even one of these folks were to walk away from the effort, it would doubtless be a chore replacing them.
So with that being said, you may be wondering Why we do it?
That's an easy question for me to answer.
- First and foremost, we do it because we believe that candidates and a community of grassroots activists have a right to know honestly and transparently that there is a credit card processing fee associated with making a donation online. We believe in it so much that we're the only folks helping shine sunlight on the issue noting that we have the lowest fee in the market at a flat 3.95%.
- We do it because we believe that bloggers and citizen activists -- from massive national efforts like Redstate.com, Iraq Veterans for Congress, DontGo Movement, or Right Wing News to state and local efforts like Conservatieve Thoughts out of Texas or First State Politics out of Deleware -- need the utility to help make a difference.
- And most importantly, we do it for you -- the Slatecard community. We believe that supporters like Ron and Tami Meade who gave the "Drill Here. Drill Now." badge to Luke Puckett (IN - 02) and John D. Cattano who gave the Jobs & Economy badge to Virgil Goode (VA - 05) and the thousands of others who have used the utility want and need to send an important message of support to their favorite candidates.
Slatecard is a challenge and a heavy responsibility which we take on every single day and we promise to do so for as long as we need to do it. We remain dedicated to its success because we are sick and tired of Democrats beating Republicans on the Internet.
If you want to help us with this effort -- if you believe in the utility and us -- I hope you'll consider making a $10 donation today.
Your $10 donation will help fund this volunteer effort and pay the high costs associated with overhead administrative fees and servers.
We have a record of success with a roadmap to catch up to the Democrats online but we can't do it alone.
Please step-up to the plate and stand with us today with a $10 donation so that we can stand stronger together tomorrow.
Revolution.