# BRD-243 — A 527 organisation needs a token and its filing reference on record

> A 527 political organisation must hold a Campaign Verify token, and must record the FEC ID or state filing URL used to obtain it.

- **Rule ID:** BRD-243
- **Layer:** Brand (`BRAND`)
- **Checks:** `the Campaign Verify token + the filing reference`
- **Severity:** BLOCKING — Breaking this rule gets the submission rejected outright.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** External record we cannot query — reported as a warning to verify
- **Fix type:** Supply evidence only you hold
- **Required by:** Infobip, Campaign Verify, TCR
- **Applies:** Applies when the use case is POLITICAL.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-243/

## Why this rule exists

The token proves the organisation was verified; the filing reference proves which organisation it was verified as. Keeping only the token leaves a claim nobody can retrace when a carrier asks, and political programmes attract exactly that kind of question — usually in the last fortnight before an election.

## How to fix it

Obtain the Campaign Verify token, and store the FEC committee ID or the state filing URL beside it in the same record. Done when both can be produced together in a single reply to a carrier query.

## Provider rejection codes

| Provider | Code | Resubmission allowed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Infobip | `9001` | yes |

## Check this yourself

**Are the Campaign Verify token and the FEC committee ID or state filing URL stored together, retrievable in one reply?**

1. Record the filing reference beside the token at the moment you obtain it — it is easy to find while applying and surprisingly hard to reconstruct six months later.
2. Test it: ask whoever answers carrier queries to produce both, now.

*What wrong looks like:* Only the token was kept. It proves an organisation was verified and not which one, and the question arrives in the last fortnight before an election.

## Notes

Neither artefact is visible in a registration. What the user has to do is keep them together at the point they are obtained — the filing reference is easy to find while you are applying and surprisingly hard to reconstruct six months later.