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Nonpartisan verification service for U.S. political campaigns, PACs, and committees.

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What is Campaign Verify?

Campaign Verify is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2020 to verify the identity of political campaigns and prevent impersonation in text messaging. They issue Authorization Tokens that prove to carriers, The Campaign Registry, and messaging platforms that your campaign is legitimate.
Mission: “Provide a public service on a non-partisan basis to verify the integrity and authenticity of text message and other communications related to political campaigns and elections in order to educate the public, ensure public confidence in American elections, and protect political and civic rights.”

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Why Campaign Verify exists

Election security is a major national concern. Foreign influences and domestic bad actors can exploit text messaging’s high open rates to spread disinformation and impersonate campaigns. Campaign Verify provides a critical checkpoint to ensure message senders are who they claim to be. Campaign Verify was founded by a bipartisan board with expertise in wireless messaging and political campaigns from both sides of the aisle. They work with the FCC, FBI Foreign Influence Task Force, and telecommunications industry to protect election integrity.
Election security is neither a Republican nor Democratic issue - it’s about protecting democracy itself.

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Who is eligible?

Eligible Organizations

  • Candidates: Federal, state, local, tribal campaigns
  • Political Parties: National, state, and local party committees
  • PACs: Political Action Committees
  • 527 Organizations: Tax-exempt political organizations
  • Any committee registered with FEC or state/local/tribal election authority

What You Need

  • Publicly accessible filing record (FEC or state election website)
  • Registration with election authority
  • $95 verification fee (credit card or check)
  • Committee name and registration details
Note: If your filing isn’t online yet, verification may take longer while Campaign Verify confirms your registration.

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How Campaign Verify works

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Find Your Filing Record Online

Locate your committee’s public filing on the FEC website (federal) or your state/local election authority website. You’ll need the direct URL to this record.
2

Submit Verification Request

You have two options:
  • Submit through Political Comms (recommended). During brand setup, choose “Request a new Campaign Verify token.” Our integration submits your verification request, filing record URL, committee details, contact info, and the $95 fee directly to Campaign Verify on your behalf. No separate account needed.
  • Submit through CampaignVerify.org directly. Create an account at CampaignVerify.org, submit a verification request with your filing record URL, committee details, and contact information, and pay the $95 fee. When approved, bring the token back to Political Comms: on the 10DLC page open Create Brand and choose From Campaign Verify token to create a new brand from it (you review and edit the brand before anything is registered, and the vetting is applied as soon as the registrar finishes creating the brand, usually within a minute or two), or apply it to a brand you already registered from the 10DLC page or the brand’s page. The brand does not have to be identity-verified first.
3

Get Your Secure PIN Code

Campaign Verify reviews your filing and confirms your identity (typically 3–14 days depending on filing availability). Once approved, they issue you a secure PIN code.
4

Generate Authorization Token

Use your PIN to generate an Authorization Token in the Campaign Verify portal. This token is what you provide to your messaging platform for 10DLC registration.
5

Reach Your Voters!

With your Campaign Verify token, you can complete 10DLC registration and start sending verified messages. Your authorization is valid for the current two-year election cycle (see Cost & Validity for the dates); Political Comms shows a “Valid Until” date on your Campaign Verify list and emails you about 30 days before it expires.

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Benefits of Campaign Verify authorization

Stop bad actors from pretending to be your campaign and spreading misinformation.
Verified campaigns have better message delivery rates with mobile carriers.
Voters trust verified messages more, increasing engagement and response rates.
Contribute to election security and reduce foreign/domestic interference in political messaging.

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Timeline & cost

Verification Timeline

  • If filing is online: 3–5 business days
  • If filing is delayed: 7–14 business days
  • Busy election periods: May take longer (start early!)
Start your Campaign Verify request as soon as you file with the election authority.

Cost & Validity

  • Verification Fee: $95 (one-time)
  • Valid For: a two-year election cycle. Verifications, tokens and sender email addresses all follow the same cycle, regardless of when in the cycle you verified:
    • Requests submitted November 15, 2024 to November 14, 2026 are valid until January 31, 2027.
    • Requests submitted November 15, 2026 to November 14, 2028 are valid until January 31, 2029.
  • Deadline: Campaign Verify’s cutoff is 11:59 PM Central Time on the expiry date.
  • Renewal: a new verification request each cycle, with another $95 fee. Political Comms emails one reminder per organization about 30 days before expiry, listing every campaign. Expired tokens are refused for new brand and toll-free registrations, and a new campaign cannot be registered on a brand with expired vetting.
  • Brand vetting expires with the token: a political brand vetted with Campaign Verify must be re-vetted with a new token from a verification in the new cycle before the expiry (January 31, 2027 at 11:59 PM Central Time for the current cycle), or the brand and its campaigns deactivate. New-cycle verifications can be submitted starting November 15, 2026.
  • How to renew: from November 15 of a cycle year, the Campaign Verify page shows a Renew button on each verified request. It opens a prefilled request with the same details and the election date set to the next general election; you can edit it and choose where the PIN goes. After the PIN is delivered and the token is generated, use Re-vet to apply the new token to the brand.
  • Late in a cycle: in the last 30 days of a cycle, Political Comms shows a notice that a request submitted now expires soon. Unless you need verification right away, wait for the new cycle to begin on November 15 so the request covers the full two years.
  • Payment Methods: Credit card or check
  • Reusable: One token works for all your messaging platforms

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Email sending domains

A verified Campaign Verify identity request also lets you submit a sender email address to Google’s Gmail Verified Sender Program, for reliable Gmail inbox delivery on your sending domain. See Gmail Verified Sender Program for eligibility, the pre-submission checks, and the exact Campaign Verify portal steps.

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