Candidates buy e-mail lists from former RIFuture editor
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A $500 payment to local Democratic activist Matt Jerzyk was among the more curious campaign expenditures reported in the recent batch of candidate filings. On July 7, Jerzyk sold the Elizabeth Roberts' campaign an "e-mail list for fundraising mailings." Congressman James R. Langevin reported a similar $740 expenditure last month. A lawyer and former editor of the liberal Web site, RIFuture.org, Jerzyk told Political Scene that he's been collecting e-mail addresses of "people who I think are the most civically-minded Rhode Islanders" since graduating from Brown University in 1999. That list has grown substantially over the last decade, he said. "I ultimately decided that this list might be valuable to people who want to engage Rhode Islanders in political dialogue," Jerzyk explained. "The Obama campaign showed that e-mail has become one of the vital tools for reaching voters." He declined to specify the number of names on the list, describing it only as being more than 1,000 and less than 10,000. 
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