Disclaimer

 The information contained on this website was valid at the time of publication. The Plainfield Township Democratic Organization, a not-for-profit political organization, its members, officers or associates reserve the right to make changes at any time without notice, and assume no liability for damages incurred as a result of errors, omissions or discrepancies. This communication is the official communiqué of the Democratic Party in Plainfield Township, Illinois, and is not the official website of any candidate or candidate's committee listed within.

Requests for information pertaining to this site

As a not-for-profit 527 Organization, costs associated with information gathering is at the sole discretion and cost of the seeker. No Member, Officer or associate of the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization will be monetarily responsible for any action resulting from the request of information pertaining to this site or our organization.

Financial information

A copy of our report is (or will be) available from the Will County Clerks Office, Joliet, Illinois and the Illinois State Board of Election. Any cost resulting from information gathering is the responsibility of the seeker. Also, the most recent Plainfield Township Democratic Organization reported disclosure is on file via the Illinois State Board of Elections website: http://www.elections.state.il.us/

Monetary Contributions

The Plainfield Township Democratic Organization welcomes monetary contributions to help assist the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization. Every dollar raised helps to build the local Democratic Organization. Donations will be spent locally; assisting Plainfield Township related Democratic Candidates to elected office. Donations to Democratic candidates are made with approval of the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization membership. A very small portion of donations collected are used for Plainfield Township Democratic Organization's operating expenses, including this website. All contributors must confirm that the following statements are true. Contributions made by hand, via the USPS or online will not be accepted by the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization if the following if any of the following is found to falsified:

“This contribution is made knowingly and voluntarily from my own funds, not those of another and the contribution is not controlled by another individual or made from the proceeds of a gift given to provide funds to be contributed. This contribution is not made from the general treasury funds of a corporation, labor organization, or national bank. I am not a foreign national who lacks permanent resident status in the U.S., nor do I personally contract with the federal government for personal services or the sale of goods, land, or buildings. I affirm that this contribution is made on a personal credit card for which I have the legal obligation to pay or personal bank account, and not through a corporate or business entity card or bank account, including the card or bank account of another. I affirm that I am over the age of 18 years of age.”

Federal law requires political committees to be able to make a best effort to report the name, address, occupation and name of employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate to excess of $200 in a calendar year. The State of Illinois requires us to list a Contributor's donation, along with address and phone number, in excess of $150 on our required D-2 reports to the Illinois State Board of Elections.  Your contribution will be used in connection with Plainfield Township related election / campaign activities and is subject to the limits and prohibitions of  Federal / State Election Campaign laws and regulations.

The Illinois Campaign Financing Act applies to all candidates for public office, groups of candidates or political action committees who have accepted contributions or made expenditures in excess of $3,000 in support of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for public office or any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters.
All committees which receive or spend in excess of $3,000 must file a D-2, Report of Campaign Contributions and Expenditures  within 10 business days. Plainfield Township Democratic Organization's financial disclosure statements are on file w/ the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Will County Clerk.

The Plainfield Township Democratic Organization, a political organization listed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, also reports annual financial statements to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Illinois Department of Revenue, if required.

Contributions to the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Contributions to assist the fundraising efforts of the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization are also accepted via the USPS at our address: P.O. Box 873 -- Plainfield, IL 60544

The Plainfield Township Democratic Organization, members or officers are not responsible for any unauthorized misuse of this website for fraudulent online fundraising efforts. The Plainfield Township Democratic Organization will assist law enforcement in the apprehension, arrest and conviction of any individual or individuals who misrepresent themselves as being associated with the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization, if so requested.

Privacy Policy

The Plainfield Township Democratic Organization is committed to protecting your privacy while visiting this site. This Privacy Policy outlines the information practices used at http://www.plainfielddemocrats.org/.

Links
This website, http://www.plainfielddemocrats.org/, contains links to other sites. Please be aware that the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites and cannot claim responsibility for the content of external links. All third party information, images, and files are property of their respective owners. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each web site that collects personally identifiable information.

Cookies
Our web site, http://www.plainfielddemocrats.org/ does not enable cookies. What we collect and store automatically is:

We use summaries of these statistics to help us make our site more useful to visitors and for determining the site's technical design specifications and identifying system performance of problem areas. We do not use this information to develop profiles of individuals visiting http://www.plainfielddemocrats.org/.

Volunteers
We hope that the visitors to our site will desire to join us as volunteers. If you volunteer to help the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization, you may be asked for contact information such as name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Representatives of the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization may contact you if your volunteer interests match the needs of the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization. We may also use your contact information to send Plainfield Township Democratic Organization material to you. We will not share our list of volunteers collected on this site.

Children
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children visiting our site. Children are welcome to visit the site and send e-mail to the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization, but should ask their parents for permission before writing to us. In general, http://www.plainfielddemocrats.org/ will not contain content that is not suitable for children. However, we encourage parents and guardians to be familiar with the internet sites visited by their children.

Changes to the Privacy Policy
http://www.plainfielddemocrats.org/ reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy. If we decide to change the policy, we will post those changes on our site so that users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether we use their information in this different manner.

Copyright & Trademark notices
All contents of the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization Web Site are: Copyright 2008 by the Plainfield Township Democratic Organization - Paid for by contributions of  supporters of the  Plainfield Township Democratic Organization. All rights reserved.

Trademarks
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Notices and procedure for making claims of copyright infringement
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement under United States copyright law should be sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent. All claims not relevant to this site will receive no response.

PTDO monthly meeting: Plainfield Township Democratic Organization monthly meetings are open to the public. Addressing the membership may be limited and possibly restricted at the discretion of the PTDO Chairman (or alternate). The Plainfield Township Democratic Organization reserves the right to have disruptive individuals removed from the meeting room on order of the PTDO Chairman (or alternate), which may include Candidates and Elected Officials, along with members of the press. Members of the press must inform the PTDO Chairman of their intent to attend and may be restricted from attending the business portion of the meeting. Executive sessions are exclusive to the Leadership team, along with those included by the PTDO Chair (or alternate), and are closed to the general public, including the press.

Questions?

Questions about this Disclaimer, including Contributions, Volunteering, Links, Children, and our Privacy Policy please e-mail us at PTDO41@gmail.com or our mailing address:

Plainfield Township Democratic Organization

  PO Box 873

 Plainfield, IL  60544

Use of this web site

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