MailChimp.com: Don’t Ban Marijuana Activists

The Issue

Online email management provider Mailchimp.com refused to allow the Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative (OMPI) to use their service to send out campaign emails, because the subject matter was related to marijuana.

MailChimp should be able to distinguish from selling marijuana and legitimate political activity.

We are not selling marijuana -- we're promoting POLITICAL CHANGE. As a legitimate political campaign registered with the Oregon Secretary of State, we're busy collecting signatures for an initiative petition to decriminalize marijuana and assist medical marijuana patients.

MailChimp.com should reinstate OMPI's account and not ban legitimate political activists again.

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Oregon Marijuana Policy InititiativePetition StarterMichael Whitney is a campaign director at Change.org. An organizer at his core, he grew up thinking the “End Construction” signs on highways were protest signs erected by citizens fed up with construction delays. Michael previously directed digital strategy for Firedoglake.com. He also managed online campaigns for economic justice at several labor institutions, including SEIU. Michael got his start in online politics as the co-founder of Generation Dean, the youth organizing arm of Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his dog Dirt McGirt.
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The Issue

Online email management provider Mailchimp.com refused to allow the Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative (OMPI) to use their service to send out campaign emails, because the subject matter was related to marijuana.

MailChimp should be able to distinguish from selling marijuana and legitimate political activity.

We are not selling marijuana -- we're promoting POLITICAL CHANGE. As a legitimate political campaign registered with the Oregon Secretary of State, we're busy collecting signatures for an initiative petition to decriminalize marijuana and assist medical marijuana patients.

MailChimp.com should reinstate OMPI's account and not ban legitimate political activists again.

avatar of the starter
Oregon Marijuana Policy InititiativePetition StarterMichael Whitney is a campaign director at Change.org. An organizer at his core, he grew up thinking the “End Construction” signs on highways were protest signs erected by citizens fed up with construction delays. Michael previously directed digital strategy for Firedoglake.com. He also managed online campaigns for economic justice at several labor institutions, including SEIU. Michael got his start in online politics as the co-founder of Generation Dean, the youth organizing arm of Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his dog Dirt McGirt.
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The Decision Makers

Ben Chestnut
Ben Chestnut
CEO, MailChimp.com
MailChimp.com Compliance
MailChimp.com Compliance

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Petition created on August 16, 2011