Attempts to do political fundraising on Twitter has proceeded in fits and starts, but the Democratic online fundraising clearinghouse ActBlue has announced that anyone with a personal profile on their site can now contribute via tweet:

Friday evening, we released new software that connects our fundraising platform with Twitter. We started with our popular ActBlue Express that allows contributors to save a profile, make contributions to candidates or fundraising pages with just a few clicks, and review their full giving history. What's new is connecting that profile to Twitter: now allowing donors to give by just tweeting the candidate's Twitter screen name and an amount. We'll respond with a thank you note and you'll see the usual email receipt in your inbox.

The format: "donate $amount @candidate via @actblue" -- more details here. (Image via ActBlue)