This week, I announced some BIG news: A few generous supporters have committed to matching all online donations through Thursday.

But before I ask you for money, I want you to have all the facts about how a match program works, and why it’s a worthwhile investment.

→ When we say your contribution will be matched, we mean it. Chip in $25, $25 gets pulled from our match fund. Boom, $50 for our campaign.

→ We receive a set amount ($10,000) from real donors. Each pledges a specific dollar amount for the fund. We can continue matching your donations until the fund is empty.

→ We only receive the full $10,000 if we raise $10,000. After a week, we contact our donors, tell them what we raised, and collect the matching amount. If we don’t hit $10,000, we don’t get the full amount.

→ No amount of money is worth losing your trust. I will not bombard you with bogus claims of 8,000% matches and ALL-CAPS EXTENDED DEADLINES. My team and I will stick to the terms laid out above.

Now that you know how a match program works, I hope you’ll take advantage by investing $25 today. Your impact will be automatically doubled, and you’ll help fund our canvassing efforts in these critical 31 days.

— Sean Casten