It’s the Law: ECA Can’t Endorse a Prez Candidate - Hal Halpin Explains Why
Posted on Feb 08, 2008 under Main |
Clinton? Obama? McCain? Huckabee? Ron Paul?
Differentiating between the major presidential candidates - especially when it comes to video game issues - can be confusing.
For that reason, Hal Halpin, president of the Entertainment Consumers Association, is often asked which candidate the gamer-centric organization endorses for the 2008 presidential race.
While it’s a given that the ECA is watching out for you, the video game consumer, the organization can’t - by law - make a recommendation.
As reported by The Escapist, Hal addressed the issue recently with members of the ECA’s Facebook group:
The ECA is a 501(c)(4) non-profit membership org - an IRS designation that classifies the type of entity that we are and business that we do. It’s significant because that same classification prohibits us from backing any one party or politician.
The rules have been further tightened recently, restricting us from promoting anyone (again, relevant because of our publications: GamePolitics, GameCulture, ECA Today, etc. which cover them when newsworthy).
But I don’t know that I would want us to [endorse a candidate] even if we could. The ECA represents ALL gamers, each with their own ethics, morals and perspectives. So apart from educating members about a candidate’s position as it relates to gaming, I’m not sure that it would be our place.
Full Disclosure Dept: GamePolitics is owned by the ECA.
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