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I'm getting some oddball results here with negative contributions: http://transparencydata.com/filter/#YW1vdW50PSUzQyU3QzEmZm9yX2FnYWluc3Q9Zm9yJnJlY2lwaWVudF9m

by groaner 17y ago

I'm getting some oddball results here with negative contributions: http://transparencydata.com/filter/#YW1vdW50PSUzQyU3QzEmZm9yX2FnYWluc3Q9Zm9yJnJlY2lwaWVudF9mdD1mZWluc3RlaW4= http://transparencydata.com/filter/#YW1vdW50PSUzQyU3QzEmZm9y... Are these misplaced contributions actually "against" the candidate (even though I have "for" selected), or did these contributors somehow get money back from the campaign coffers?

jcarbaugh 17y ago
Campaign web site software is often poorly written. If you enter a negative number in the amount field you can usually transfer from money FROM the campaign TO your bank account. Okay, not really. It's probably a refund. Not sure what the exact specifics of the transaction are. We get our data from OpenSecrets.org and they list the same negative contributions on their site. http://transparencydata.com/filter/#Y3ljbGU9MjAwNiZjb250cmlidXRvcl9mdD1kb25uYSUyMGdhcmJlciZmb3JfYWdhaW5zdD1mb3ImcmVjaXBpZW50X2Z0PWZlaW5zdGVpbg== http://transparencydata.com/filter/#Y3ljbGU9MjAwNiZjb250cmli... http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=garber,+donna&state=&zip=&employ=&cand=feinstein&c2006=Y&sort=N&capcode=4kg4s&submit=Submit http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=garber,+do...