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Candidate's who don't file: explanation on their page #285

Open evanwolf opened 10 years ago

evanwolf commented 10 years ago

Not having contributions is the biggest point of this page.

Three things:

A. Let's draw the eye to the explanation paragraph.

B. Make it less formal?

From

The candidate had not reported any campaign contributions by the last filing deadline. Candidates are not required to report if they have raised less than $1,000.

To

John Smith's campaign hasn't reported any contributions as of DATE, the last filing deadline. Candidates aren't required to report if they raise less than $1,000.

C. Move it to where you'd normally look for results.

elinaru commented 10 years ago

We could put the explanation in the math bar (in lieu of actual math).

elinaru commented 10 years ago

How about this?

opendisclosure-candidate-no_money

evanwolf commented 10 years ago

Works for me (remembering to remove the small text in the right column.

lla2105 commented 10 years ago

@elinaru looks good to me but didn't Patrick McCullough report like a $100 contribution the last reporting period? In the January filing I think? @mikeubell do you know?

mikeubell commented 10 years ago

When I looked yesterday he had an e document but it said that his ID was pending. Do you know what that means?

On Sep 10, 2014, at 9:43 AM, lla2105 notifications@github.com wrote:

@elinaru looks good to me but didn't Patrick McCullough report like a $100 contribution the last reporting period? In the January filing I think? @mikeubell do you know?

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elinaru commented 10 years ago

Small revision based on Phil's feedback: opendisclosure-candidate-no_money2

bayreporta commented 10 years ago

He contributed $100 of his own money in 2013.

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Small revision based on Phil's feedback: [image: opendisclosure-candidate-no_money2] https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6467815/4221963/cdbf868c-390e-11e4-95c6-40b70525d41c.jpg

  • Removed duplicate no contributions note in the right column
  • Even with no financial data, we can display the date they declared their candidacy and when the data was last updated.

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evanwolf commented 10 years ago

Would a "n days ago" work nicely with the the last updated date? Saves me doing math in my head...

tdooner commented 10 years ago

We don't track filing deadlines -- that would have to be another thing manually kept up-to-date -- so I propose we drop "the last filing deadline" from the header copy and use the most-recent data date instead.

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Would a "n days ago" work nicely with the the last updated date? Saves me doing math in my head...

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lla2105 commented 10 years ago

@mikeubell @tdooner @KyleW Can we add this $100 that McCullough raised in the last filing period to the table ?

@evanwolf I don't think "n days ago" would work best if I understand correctly - @elinaru I line the green bar date but it would require we change the date every time a new deadline has passed - maybe less work and more automation would be to just have it always be the current date? The data feed is pretty consistent and up to date so it should be obvious if a candidate does file an amendment or new filings. So it would just say: "Candidates's campaign hasn't reported any contributions as of TODAY's DATE." @elinaru what do you think?

mikeubell commented 10 years ago

Do you know why his campaign id is “pending”? We could hack something in, but it would be better if he appeared in the normal data flow. On Sep 10, 2014, at 4:09 PM, lla2105 notifications@github.com wrote:

@mikeubell @tdooner @KyleW Can we add this $100 that McCullough raised in the last filing period to the table ?

@evanwolf I don't think "n days ago" would work best if I understand correctly - @elinaru I line the green bar date but it would require we change the date every time a new deadline has passed - maybe less work and more automation would be to just have it always be the current date? The data feed is pretty consistent and up to date so it should be obvious if a candidate does file an amendment or new filings. So it would just say: "Candidates's campaign hasn't reported any contributions as of TODAY's DATE." @elinaru what do you think?

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lla2105 commented 10 years ago

@mikeubell I'm looking into the "pending" classification right now and hopefully will have answer for you soon

lla2105 commented 10 years ago

@mikeubell so the "pending" classification just means that the State FPPC (Fair Political Practices Commission) has not given him an official campaign committee I.D. or he hasn't applied for one with the state yet. But the $100 he contributed to himself still counts as a valid campaign contribution.

elinaru commented 10 years ago

@lla2105 - So, do we need a alternate banner text for pending? If yes, can you suggest --

mikeubell commented 10 years ago

makes things tricky since we link things up by the ID. I guess we could fudge it by assigning a fake one. Does his data even appear in the netfile info?

On Sep 11, 2014, at 9:49 AM, lla2105 notifications@github.com wrote:

@mikeubell so the "pending" classification just means that the State FPPC (Fair Political Practices Commission) has not given him an official campaign committee I.D. or he hasn't applied for one with the state yet. But the $100 he contributed to himself still counts as a valid campaign contribution.

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