No party money. Neighbors instead.
Help build an Independent campaign, one Rockford voter at a time.
Ten dollars puts a yard sign on a Rockford lawn. Twenty-five prints a stack of petition sheets. A hundred and fifty covers the postage into a ward.
This campaign is built on individual contributions, not party support. There is no party organization funding this campaign, so every one of those things happens because somebody here paid for it.
Ways to give
You can contribute online, by check, or by phone. A person will thank you for any of the three.
Online
Card payment through the committee's own Square checkout. It takes about a minute and the receipt comes from Square, not from us.
The checkout asks for what a card payment needs. Above the state's itemization threshold the committee also has to report your occupation and employer, so if your giving crosses it somebody will call or email to ask for those two things. Why that is, and what gets published.
By check
Made out to Committee to elect Bob Blosser for Mayor of Rockford, mailed or dropped off at:
Committee to elect Bob Blosser for Mayor of
Rockford
126 N 1st St
Rockford, IL 61107
If you drop it off in person, the door is open weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and closed at weekends. Weekday mornings are when Bob is behind the counter.
By phone
Call 815-669-9604 and somebody will talk you through it, including what the committee needs to record and why.
A person answers. If nobody does, leave your street name and you will get a call back.
Thirty dollars or more, and there's a shirt in it
Screen-printed in yellow, red and navy on black: Rockford Grow. Bob Blosser for Mayor. Let's Grow Together.
Contribute $30 or more — online, by check or by phone — and one is yours. Tell us a size when you give — that is the only extra thing we need from you. If you gave online, call 815-669-9604 or say so at the counter, and the size gets matched to your contribution.
Pick it up at the counter at Bennie's, 126 N 1st St, on a weekday morning. If getting downtown is the problem, say so on the phone and we will work out how to get it to you.
Two things worth saying plainly. The shirt is a thank-you for a contribution, not a purchase — the full amount you give is reported as a contribution under Illinois law, exactly as it would be without the shirt. And it has nothing to do with the petition: nobody is offered anything for a signature, and you never have to contribute to sign.
What your contribution pays for
Roughly what each of these costs the campaign. Prices move, so treat them as estimates rather than a price list.
| Amount | Roughly covers |
|---|---|
| $10 | One yard sign, on one Rockford lawn, for the rest of the campaign. |
| $25 | A stack of petition sheets, printed on the right paper with the header already correct. |
| $50 | Five yard signs, delivered to five Rockford lawns. |
| $150 | Postage on roughly a thousand pieces of mail, into one Rockford ward. |
| $500 | The room, the chairs and the coffee for a west-side meeting. |
The campaign reports its contributions and spending as required by Illinois law, and will say plainly where the money went.
What the law requires us to record
Campaign contributions are public in Illinois. This is not a campaign policy and the committee cannot waive it. Illinois election counsel has reviewed the thresholds below.
The three rules that affect you
- Above the state's itemization threshold, your name, address, occupation and employer are reported to the Illinois State Board of Elections and published on its website.
- Contributions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
- The committee cannot accept contributions from foreign nationals, or in somebody else's name.
If you would rather not appear in a public filing, that is a completely reasonable position. Can't contribute, or would rather not? An afternoon carrying petitions or talking to voters matters just as much →
What we do with your information, and the contributions section in full →