{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/573","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/573/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/573/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/573/events","html_url":"https://github.com/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/573","id":104617006,"number":573,"title":"Add explanation text for outside spending tables","user":{"login":"jmcarp","id":1633460,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1633460?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp","html_url":"https://github.com/jmcarp","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jmcarp/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/openFEC-web-app/labels/election-other-spending","name":"election-other-spending","color":"bfdadc"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"emileighoutlaw","id":10552702,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10552702?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw","html_url":"https://github.com/emileighoutlaw","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":12,"created_at":"2015-09-03T03:59:33Z","updated_at":"2015-09-22T19:09:38Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The election outside spending tab shows aggregated data for independent expenditures, communication costs, and electioneering, but needs text explaining what those things mean (tbh, I'm not sure myself!). You can see the page in question at https://fec-dev-web.18f.gov/elections/president/2012/?tab=spending, with some placeholder text at https://github.com/18f/openfec-web-app/issues/297#issuecomment-123865324.\r\n\r\nPinging @LindsayYoung and @emileighoutlaw."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/comments/142388518","html_url":"https://github.com/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/573#issuecomment-142388518","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/openFEC-web-app/issues/573","id":142388518,"user":{"login":"emileighoutlaw","id":10552702,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10552702?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw","html_url":"https://github.com/emileighoutlaw","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/emileighoutlaw/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-22T19:09:38Z","updated_at":"2015-09-22T19:09:38Z","body":"Hey there! Let's keep talking about this \"Other spending\" tab!\r\n\r\n1. The section `Given by` could easily be misinterpreted as money given to a candidate. Can we change it to `Spent by` ?\r\n \r\n2. I know we don't want to start giving legal definitions, but can we add some explanatory text to the \"Independent expenditures\" section? I was thinking something like\r\n\r\n\"Independent expenditures[glossary link]. This section shows money spent about a candidate, not by a candidate.\"\r\n\r\nThat way we aren't defining IE, which is problematic. But we are seeing some sort of explanatory text.\r\n\r\n @AmyKort @PaulClark2: thoughts?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAn independent expenditure\r\n\r\n: \"money spent about a candidate, not by candidate\" \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"an expenditure for any communication that expressly advocates the\r\nelection or defeat of a clearly identified candidate and that isn't made in coordination with any\r\ncandidate or his or her campaign or political party.\""}}