Gmail is making it a little harder for you to ignore political fundraising emails
Election season is coming for your inbox.
Google is set to introduce a new Gmail program that will make it easier for political committees to bypass its spam filters. This program, called the Gmail Verified Sender Program, is set to launch on September 8, just two months before the 2026 US midterm elections. To qualify, political candidates, parties, PACs, and other committees must meet Google's verification and security requirements.
Additionally, they must maintain a spam rate below 0.3%. This development comes as political campaigns ramp up their efforts in the final stretch before the midterms, adding more emails to already crowded inboxes. The New York Times first reported on this announcement.
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