Yesterday TechCrunch featured an article about the mobile payment processor Square being put to use in political circles all around the country.

And now, a new use case has popped up for Square: political fundraising.

Square is currently being used in two campaigns. Silicon Valley VC Josh Becker, who is running for state assembly in California's 21st district, has been using Square at fundraising events. And lawyer Reshma Saujani, who is running for Congress in New York's 14th district, is using Square at campaign fundraising events, including at an event in San Francisco on Friday.

Square is ideal for taking money at political fundraisers for several reasons.

One issue has surfaced that does put a few wrinkles in many campaign's plans:

For many types of donations, you need to take the donator's name, occupation, address, and other information. Currently Square doesn't allow users to input all of this information but Dorsey says that they are releasing Square's API to allow fundraisers to build additional applications on top of Square, where they could input all of the necessary data. Once this is enabled, Square will allows fundraisers to eliminate paper collection and payments all together.

Definitely a hassle for campaigns to do both, but it looks like the process is going to be resolved quickly.  Have you used Square for your campaign? If so, let us know what you thought of it.