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Suzanne Doran edited this page Jul 11, 2018
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The 2018 spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vJR8GR5Bk3bUQXziPiQe7to1O-QEm-_5GfD7hPjp-Xc/edit#gid=0
Header from spreadsheet | Format | Description | Data source |
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election_name | City/county name and election date | The locale (city or county) and the date of the election; if your ballot does not already exist in the spreadsheet, you can add it. | It's where you live. |
Candidate | Name of candidate as listed on the Candidate Intention Statement - FPPC Form 501 or as it will appear on the ballot. | Candidates do not always use their legal name on the ballot. For aliases see below. | Local campaign records are filed with the City Clerk or Registrar, or city's filing officer for campaign statements, and are often available online via NetFile. |
FPPC# | A unique identifying number for the candidate's committee (not the candidates themselves); issued by Secretary of State when the candidate submits FPPC Form 410 - Statement of Organization Recipient Committee | The ID number can be found on the committee's Form 410 in Section 1 - Committee Information or the committee's Form 460 in Section 3 - Committee Information. | Local campaign records are filed with the City Clerk or Registrar, or city's filing officer for campaign statements, and are often available online via NetFile. |
Committee Name | The name candidate's campaign committee for this election as it appears on FPPC Form 410 - Statement of Organization. (State law requires the candidate's last name, office they're running for, and the election year be included in the name.) | Local campaign records are filed with the City Clerk or Registrar, or city's filing officer for campaign statements, and are often available online via NetFile. | |
Aliases | Other names by which the candidate is known | Campaign literature | |
Office | Name of the office the candidate is running for (i.e. City Council District 4) | Form 501 or Section 4 of Form 410 | |
Incumbent | Does the candidate currently hold the office for which they are running? Answer TRUE or FALSE | ||
Accepted expenditure ceiling | If the local jurisdiction has campaign spending limits, has this candidate accepted the optional expenditure ceiling for this election? Answer should be TRUE or FALSE | In Oakland, to accept the voluntary spending limit, candidates submit OCRA Form 301 | See city's filing officer for campaign statements. Maybe available online via NetFile. |
Public Funding Received | Some local jurisdictions provide some form of public campaign financing. Is your jurisdiction has a public financing program, enter the amount received by the candidate here. | In Oakland, public financing program disbursements are listed on the Public Ethics Commission website. | |
Website | Website candidate has launched to promote their campaign; leave blank if unknown | ||
Candidate's twitter handle (i.e. @OaklandEthics). Maybe personal or for the campaign. Do not enter the "@" sign; leave blank if unknown | |||
Party Affiliation | Party affiliation for the candidate; leave blank if unknown | ||
Occupation | Provided by the candidate on nomination papers; leave blank if unknown | See local ballot information booklet or contact Registrar of Voters | |
Bio | TBA | ||
Photo | Headshot of candidate; photos should have a square aspect ratio, be a no larger than 300x300px, and under 50k in size; compress image using tinypng.com; upload image to Github here (location TBA) | ||
VotersEdge | URL to candidate's page on Voters' Edge; leave blank if unknown | ||
Start Date | If the candidate's committee has been used for past elections, enter the date the committee filed a Form 410 amendment for the current election. (Note a candidate committees can redesignate itself for a future election and retain it's original FPPC#.) Start and end dates help differentiate funds dedicated to different elections for committees used for more than one election. | See committee's Form 410 amendments. | |
End Date | If the candidate's committee is redesignated as an officeholder account, enter the date the committee filed a Form 410 amendment to convert to an officeholder account. (Note: Local jurisdictions have differing rules about officeholder accounts and restrictions on officeholder account funds.) Start and end dates help differentiate funds dedicated to an election from officeholder accounts funds. | See committee's Form 410 amendments. | |
Internal Notes | These are for internal use only and not published anywhere on the website |
Candidate Toolkit: http://www.fppc.ca.gov/learn/campaign-rules/candidate-toolkit-getting-started.html Oakland Campaign Finance and Lobbyist public portal: https://public.netfile.com/pub2/Default.aspx?aid=COAK Alameda County Campaign Finance public portal: https://public.netfile.com/pub2/?aid=COA