{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/datamade/nmid/issues/1","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/datamade/nmid","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/datamade/nmid/issues/1/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/datamade/nmid/issues/1/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/datamade/nmid/issues/1/events","html_url":"https://github.com/datamade/nmid/issues/1","id":163927560,"number":1,"title":"Data questions (and some answers)","user":{"login":"evz","id":551491,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/551491?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz","html_url":"https://github.com/evz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":16,"created_at":"2016-07-05T19:31:19Z","updated_at":"2016-07-07T17:08:19Z","closed_at":null,"body":"* **Are there unique identifiers for candidates or committees?**\r\n\r\n* **Are there unique identifiers for transactions?**\r\n\r\n* **Is there candidate committee information?** (the contributions appear to be just made directly to candidates but if you look at the more detailed reports, it's clear that, at least sometimes, they are actually going through a committee) (Answer from @sandrafish: **i think there are committee names but they list the candidate stuff by candidates - some candidates also have PACs, which are listed under PAC filings**)\r\n\r\n* **What about inter-committee transfers?**\r\n\r\n* **If a candidate makes a mistake and files an amended report, how is that reflected in the data?** (Answer from @sandrafish: **we should double check with them, but my understanding is that the old data is replaced with the new - there is no indication on what they’re giving us**) Discovery from @evz It appears that corrected entries are just appended to the listing of transactions. This means that, if the update is made to a field that we are using to figure out if a record is unique, we'll end up with a duplicate entry. The way this was handled in Illinois is that the entire filing was repeated even if a single correction was made someplace. This added a lot of records that we basically duplicates but it made finding corrections a bit more straightforward. \r\n\r\n* **Is there a notion of \"filing period\" reflected in the data but no notion of a filing with things like beginning and ending balance, debts, investments, etc.** (Answer from @sandrafish We need to ask if they could include that in a separate download - it IS included on individual PDFs, but the cash on hand is only available there that i can tell - and the totals that are listed on pages like this one are often incorrect - they sometimes appear not to include in-kind, for example)\r\n\r\n* **What about committee officers and other information about committees** (address, supported candidate(s), etc)? (Answer from @sandrafish i believe they fill out paper forms to create the committee, tho they could be digital - they are not located only. the PDFs include info about committee treasurers)\r\n\r\n* **Is additional information about candidates downloadable?** (address, political party, office sought, election cycle, incumbent status, committees, etc) \r\n\r\n* **When an individual runs for more than on office in their lifetime, is there any way of telling if they are the same person from the data?**"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/datamade/nmid/issues/comments/231143799","html_url":"https://github.com/datamade/nmid/issues/1#issuecomment-231143799","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/datamade/nmid/issues/1","id":231143799,"user":{"login":"derekeder","id":919583,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/919583?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder","html_url":"https://github.com/derekeder","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/derekeder/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-07-07T17:08:19Z","updated_at":"2016-07-07T17:08:19Z","body":"Ok will update this and send it over.\r\n\r\nKeeping No 1 at the top is important, since it will allow us to update our site automatically. The alternative is a scraper, which is more fragile and would require additional code."}}
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