What do we with independent expenditures?

[aboutaaron]

Form 496 holds independent expenditures (not to be confused with expenditures recorded in the ExpnCd table).

From CAL-Access:

An “independent expenditure” is an expenditure made in connection with a communication (e.g., a billboard, advertisement, mailing) that expressly advocates the nomination, election, or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or the qualification, passage, or defeat of a clearly identified measure. An independent expenditure is a payment that is not made to—or at the behest of—the affected candidate or committee.

Source: Form 496 docs [PDF]

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[mhkeller]

+1 to avoid this madness https://twitter.com/mhkeller/status/628313024139558912/photo/1