{"id":"tp-2600","type":"article-newspaper","title":"US Election Commission to approve Congressional candidate's Ethereum token giveaway plans","author":"Melvin Alfred Wong","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2600","datePublished":"2019-07-12T09:36:35.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-12T09:40:24.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"A candidate running for Congress is trying to give his campaign workers incentives via Ethereum tokens. Recently, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) published a draft advisory opinion expressing the intent to appro…","section":"Regulation","references":[{"title":"CoinDesk","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/us-election-authority-set-to-approve-congressional-candidates-plan-to-issue-ethereum-token"},{"title":"opinion draft","url":"https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/aos/2019-08/201908.pdf"}]}