My point was, why file any kind of status at all; for profit, non profit....
File neither one.
As for liability insurance, what exactly is going to be sued about?
If someone from a group says “go to media site A and see what candidate B said, and compare that to what the constitution says” is there anything candidate B can do?
We do it here all the time.
All it costs is our cablemodem/internet access, and we buy that anyway.
If people meet at a restaurant and pay their own way, no worries about somebody slipping on the sidewalk in front of the house.
(Side note to cyberant: yup I’m Highlander Scots on one side of the family also; clan Donald from the isle of Skye )
I’m pretty sure it has to do with raising funds.
You have to be able to account for the money - if it’s for political activity.
but, the dems (in the IRS) are using the profit/non-profit status as a way of keeping the Tea Party repubs from raising funds and being able to keep their donor list private. The reason for keeping donors private is because the dems are known for harassing or targeting repubs who support the Tea Party groups.
As for “liability insurance” .. I don’t have a clue what was said about that .. it wasn’t included in my comments.