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Campaign contributions, and who makes them, are not secret. The excerpt you posted about "Individual Contributions" refers only to what the FEC distributes via
by danso 7y ago
Campaign contributions, and who makes them, are not secret. The excerpt you posted about "Individual Contributions" refers only to what the FEC distributes via its "Bulk Data" downloads page. The FEC itself posts the contribution form for every contribution. For example, on the "Individual contributions" search page [0], click on the right-arrow icon (in the right most column) of any given entry. Then click the "Open original image" button to see the donor's contribution form.
The Forbes link you posted refers to voter registration data. This data is not secret (some states post it online themselves), nor does it contain who voters voted for.
[0] https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?two_year_transaction_period=2020 https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?...
- EGreg 7y agoI imagine if they registered as a Democrat then we know they are a Democrat and most likely who they voted for in the general election. We also know their address and email
- danso 7y agoYes, your party affiliation correlated to what party you end up voting for. But this has been deemed public information, ever since the government got into the business of administering party primaries.
- EGreg 7y agoI just think people’s address and email shouldn’t become public information just because they voted or donated.