A political campaign must supply a resolving organisation website
The requirementstatement
A Political campaign must supply the candidate's or organisation's website URL alongside the FEC Committee ID, and that URL must resolve.
- Severityseverity
- BlockingBLOCKINGBreaking this rule gets the submission rejected. There is no partial credit.
- When it bitesphase
- Gates approvalapprovalGet this wrong and the brand or campaign is refused at registration.
- What is checkedobject
- political organisation website URL
- Where it liveslayer
- WebsiteWEBSITE
- How Ekas settles itdetectability
- External recordEXTERNAL_DATA
- The fact that settles it lives in a register we cannot query, such as the IRS file, a postal database, or another provider’s tenant. Reported as a warning with the evidence to check, not as a pass.
- What the fix involvesfailureClass
- Supply evidenceTERMINAL_EVIDENCE
- Needs proof only you hold: a screenshot, a recording, a scan of the form people signed.
- Who requires itauthorities
- T-MobileBandwidthInfobip
- When it appliesapplicabilityText
- Applies when the use case is POLITICAL.
Why this rule existsrationale
How to fix itremediation
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 codescodes
The code you get back when this rule is what failed, and whether that provider lets you resubmit.
| Provider | Code | Resubmit |
|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | 9001 | Yes |
Check this yourselfattestation
No tool can settle this one for you. Here is the check, and what wrong looks like.
Does the campaign or organisation website load publicly today, and will it stay up through the review window?
- 1Open it in a private window and confirm it loads for someone who is not logged in.
- 2Pair it with the FEC Committee ID in the submission.
- 3Keep 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.
Notesnotes
Rules you will hit next
Other website rules at the same severity. A registration is judged as a whole, not rule by rule.
WEB-154 is one of 93 website rules in the 915-rule 10DLC registry. Free to cite under CC BY 4.0.