# BRD-249 — The political filing email must match the registration

> For an Aegis political vet, the filing email must exactly match the email on the political registration, and must not be a consumer domain.

- **Rule ID:** BRD-249
- **Layer:** Brand (`BRAND`)
- **Checks:** `the political filing email`
- **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:** AI judgement over the submitted form; External record we cannot query — reported as a warning to verify
- **Fix type:** Fix the field — a better value in the form clears it
- **Required by:** TCR, Aegis
- **Applies:** Applies when the use case is POLITICAL.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-249/

## Why this rule exists

The vet confirms that the person filing is the one named in the public political registration, and the email is the identifier it compares — so a campaign manager who files with their own address fails a check about somebody else's identity. Consumer domains are refused outright, which catches small local campaigns that genuinely run from a personal mailbox.

## How to fix it

Use the exact email address on the FEC or state filing. If that filing carries a consumer address, update the filing first — the vet compares against the register, so the register is what has to change.

## Example of a compliant value

```text
filing email: press@riversideshelter.org, matching the address on the committee filing — not a personal gmail address
```

## Check this yourself

**Is the filing email on the vet order character-identical to the email on the FEC or state political registration, and is it not a consumer domain?**

1. Open your own political filing and copy the address from it.
2. Where the filing itself carries a personal address, update the filing first — the vet compares against the register, so the register is what has to change.

*What wrong looks like:* A campaign manager files with their own address. The vet is checking somebody else's identity, the fee is spent on the mismatch, and small local campaigns that genuinely run from a personal mailbox are refused outright.

## Notes

Whether the address matches the political register needs the register itself, which we do not hold. What the judgement can see is whether a consumer domain was used, which is the half that is refused outright. The user has to compare the address against their own filing before ordering the vet, because the fee is spent on the mismatch.