# WEB-154 — A political campaign must supply a resolving organisation website

> A Political campaign must supply the candidate's or organisation's website URL alongside the FEC Committee ID, and that URL must resolve.

- **Rule ID:** WEB-154
- **Layer:** Website (`WEBSITE`)
- **Checks:** `political organisation website URL`
- **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:** T-Mobile, Bandwidth, Infobip
- **Applies:** Applies when the use case is POLITICAL.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/website/web-154/

## Why this rule exists

The Committee ID proves a filing exists; the website is what ties the filing to the messages a voter is about to receive. Campaign sites are stood up and taken down on a schedule nobody else keeps, so a URL that worked when the registration was drafted is a common and entirely innocent way to fail a political vet.

## How to fix it

Supply the campaign or organisation website beside the FEC Committee ID, and confirm it loads publicly on the day you submit and stays up through the review window.

## Provider rejection codes

| Provider | Code | Resubmission allowed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| T-Mobile | `9001` | yes |

## Check this yourself

**Does the campaign or organisation website load publicly today, and will it stay up through the review window?**

1. Open it in a private window and confirm it loads for someone who is not logged in.
2. Pair it with the FEC Committee ID in the submission.
3. Keep it live until the campaign is approved — campaign sites are stood up and taken down on a schedule nobody else keeps.

*What wrong looks like:* A URL that worked when the registration was drafted is down when the vet runs. The Committee ID proves a filing exists; the site is what ties the filing to the messages a voter is about to receive.

## Notes

We hold neither the Committee ID nor a separate political-website field, and we cannot check a filing against the FEC. The user has to pair the two themselves and keep the site live until the campaign is approved.