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Disputed Fact Prepaid debit cards, obtainable in many jurisdictions without identity verification, were not confirmed as excluded from ActBlue’s accepted payment methods during the 2020 cycle. Their acceptance would further reduce barriers to anonymous or foreign-sourced contributions. Citations ActBlue, Payment Methods Accepted (archived web page, 2020–2021) Stripe Developer Documentation, https://stripe.com/docs/radar/rules  (not specific to ActBlue implementation)

Disputed Fact FEC data analysis identified contribution patterns attributed to donors whose listed occupations are unemployed, retired, or on fixed income at frequencies and aggregate amounts inconsistent with known demographic donation behavior — a population that historically accounts for a negligible share of political giving. Separate analysis confirmed that tens of thousands of donor identities

Disputed Fact Reporting identified elderly individuals — some reportedly in their 80s and 90s, including those hospitalized or deceased — whose names appeared in FEC records as making hundreds of small rapid-fire contributions via ActBlue without apparent authorization. Citations Caden Pearson, “ActBlue Donor Fraud Allegations Mount,” The Epoch Times, Oct. 4, 2023 (not independently verified by

Disputed Fact ActBlue has publicly stated it employs machine-learning fraud detection, velocity checks, and proprietary controls. It disputes characterizations of its fraud controls as inadequate. No independent third-party audit of 2020-cycle fraud performance has been publicly released. Citations ActBlue, Statement on Fraud Prevention Practices (Sept. 2023), https://support.actblue.com/campaigns/faq/fraud-prevention/

Disputed Fact Unlike WinRed and most major e-commerce platforms, ActBlue reportedly did not consistently require Card Verification Value (CVV) entry for credit/debit donations during the 2020 cycle, removing a standard fraud-prevention control for card-not-present transactions.  Citations John Solomon, ‘Questions mount about ActBlue’s security,’ Just the News, Aug. 14, 2023, https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/questions-mount-about-actblues-security-after-complaints-unauthorized ActBlue confirmed to Congress in

Disputed Fact A review of public Federal Election Commission records, combined with independent data analysis and congressional investigation, has identified unusually dense patterns of small-dollar contributions routed through ActBlue donor accounts associated with elderly or low-income individuals, some with hundreds or thousands of transactions attributed to their names in a single election cycle. In several