Exhibit 733

Legislative Recommendations of the Federal Election Commission 2021

Exhibit 733 · Agency report

Legislative Recommendations of the Federal Election Commission 2021

Commission staff are regularly contacted by individuals who have discovered recurring contributions to political committees have been charged to their credit card accounts or deducted from their checking accounts.

Asks Congress to require affirmative consent for recurring contributions, bar implied consent such as pre-checked boxes, require disclosures, and require immediate cancellation.

Source: Federal Election Commission
Date: 6 May 2021
Quoted from: p. 12, Explanation
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/legrec2021.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding POL-3.13: Primary record On 29 April 2021 the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Minnesota wrote to WinRed about pre-checked recurring boxes, and on 6 May 2021 the FEC asked Congress to require affirmative consent for recurring contributions and to bar implied consent through pre-checked boxes. In 2023 the Eighth Circuit held in WinRed v. Ellison that federal election law did not block the Minnesota investigation.