codeforbirmingham / Open-Disclosure

Understanding Alabama Campaign Finance Data
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Reduce data to state senators, representatives, governor, county, and justices #73

Closed agrueneberg closed 9 years ago

agrueneberg commented 9 years ago

To determine which elected officials have sway in decision-making.

mwleeds commented 9 years ago

Would it make sense to keep all the data but emphasize the decision makers in the web interface?

mwleeds commented 9 years ago

If we want to make a whitelist or a blacklist here's all the unique offices:

STATE SENATOR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
GOVERNOR
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
REVENUE COMMISSIONER
STATE AUDITOR
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SHERIFF
SECRETARY OF STATE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER
TAX ASSESSOR
LT. GOVERNOR
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS JUDGE
LICENSE COMMISSIONER
SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE & INDUSTRIES
COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS JUDGE
STATE TREASURER
CIRCUIT CLERK
PROBATE JUDGE
PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
COUNTY CORONER

I just think we should be generous about who we allow so we don't introduce bias.