Download Our Data
Step 1 - Download Helen’s Money
Note: You may have to right mouse click the download link and select “Save Link As” to download Helen’s Money
Note 2: Excel is the easiest format to use.
| Format | Receipts (Income) | Committee Expenditures |
|---|---|---|
| Excel | download | download |
| HTML | download | download |
| Text | download | download |
source: http://elections.illinois.gov (6/30/2008)
Step 2 - Understand Our Data
File Definitions
Receipts (Income) - Income for “Citizens for Helen Shiller”.
Committee Expenditures - “Citizens for Helen Shiller” committee expenses.
1A (Individual Contributions) - Donations made by friends, family members, corporations, labor unions, associations, and other people or organizations to the political committee would be considered individual contributions. Money collected at fund-raising events would be reported as individual contributions.
2A (Transfers In) - Any monetary donations received from another political committee.
3A (Loans Received) - Loans are funds received by the political committee with an obligation or expectation of repayment. Loans can be made to the political committee from the personal funds of a candidate, friends, family, another political committee or a lending institution.
4A (Other Receipts) - Interest income, cash dividends, or returned deposits.
5A (In-Kind Contributions) - An in-kind contribution is anything of value, other than cash, donated to the political committee. Generally speaking, it will be goods or services provided to the political committee free of charge — such as a friend who provides campaign printing at no charge or a real estate agent that provides campaign office space rent-free. If a vendor sells anything of value to the political committee at a charge less than cost, the difference would be considered an in-kind contribution.
8B (Expenditures) - Expenses
source: http://elections.illinois.gov
Step 3 - Take Action
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