# BRD-250 — The political vetting contact must be named in the registration

> The contact name on an Aegis political vet must match an authorised name in the political registration — not the CSP's or the aggregator's.

- **Rule ID:** BRD-250
- **Layer:** Brand (`BRAND`)
- **Checks:** `the political vetting contact name`
- **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:** Human check — only someone holding the document can settle it
- **Fix type:** Supply evidence only you hold
- **Required by:** TCR, Aegis
- **Applies:** Applies when the use case is POLITICAL.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-250/

## Why this rule exists

The vet verifies a named individual against the public filing, so the CSP contact who is doing the paperwork is exactly the wrong name to use. It is the natural one to use, because they are the person completing the form, and the failure comes back as an identity mismatch that reads as though the organisation itself was not recognised.

## How to fix it

Take the contact name from the political filing — the treasurer or the authorised representative named there — and use it on the vet, even if that person is not the one submitting. Confirm they are available to receive the couriered PIN.

## Check this yourself

**Is the contact name on the vet an authorised name from the political filing, and does that person know a courier is coming?**

1. Open the FEC or state filing and copy the treasurer's or authorised representative's name from it — not the name of whoever is completing the paperwork.
2. Warn that person that a couriered PIN is on its way and confirm they will be there to receive it.

*What wrong looks like:* The CSP contact doing the form uses their own name. The failure returns as an identity mismatch that reads as though the organisation itself was not recognised.

## Notes

The authorised names are in the public filing rather than in the registration. What the user has to do is open their own FEC or state filing and copy the name from it, and warn that person that a courier is coming.