I was purged from the FEC Q3 report

[bc2208]

http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/startList.do?stateName=NY&zip_3=103&cand_id=P80000748&showType=page

My name should be on this list. I donated in June, and was told I didn't donate in time to make the report and that it would appear on the next report. I donated twice in August, and thrice in September.

I've heard there is a Minimum amount required to appear on the report. Not only is that illogical, but Sam Brownback received several $25 donations.

Where is my money?

[Original_Intent]

I am in the same boat. I thought the amount was $200, which I have doubled at least, although all in smaller donations of $25- $100. So maybe it takes a single donation of $200+? although I see a lot of donators that have done $100 on the report. Weird.

[Chibioz]

The same thing happened to me. My largest donation was $100, in addition to numerous smaller donations but I didn't show up on the FEC report.

Edit: I should also mention that I exceeded $200 donated in Q3.

[Hook]

Same here. They only seem to count donations that exceed $200 each.

[Santana28]

same here. oh well... i'm sure they have a reason...

[bc2208]

What do you mean by "count?" Does that mean my $325 didn't make it into the $5 million?

[hopeforamerica]

What do you mean by "count?" Does that mean my $325 didn't make it into the $5 million?

No, it just means your name was not reported to the FEC.

[Marshall]

No, it just means your name was not reported to the FEC.

Which is not necessarily a bad thing.

[SlapItHigh]

Yeah, I donated well over the $200 but no single donation was over $150. I had to do them along the way and not at one time. The only reason I care is because our donations would have showed up as being from the military.

[bbachtung]

The campaigns are only REQUIRED to disclose the names, etc. of those who contribute in excess of $200. It is probably consistent with RP's philosophy of privacy and opposition to McCain-Feingold-Thompson that his campaign would only disclose when legally required.

I, too, do not appear on the list.

[Hurricane Bruiser]

I do not show up either. I donated $100 twice, my wife donated $50 once, and I ordered $42 in materials from the campaign hq.

I'm sure it's in the grand total but just not itemized.

[Patrick Henry]

http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/startList.do?stateName=NY&zip_3=103&cand_id=P80000748&showType=page

My name should be on this list. I donated in June, and was told I didn't donate in time to make the report and that it would appear on the next report. I donated twice in August, and thrice in September.

I've heard there is a Minimum amount required to appear on the report. Not only is that illogical, but Sam Brownback received several $25 donations.

Where is my money?

I am not on either even though I have given over $500. I must admit that is fine with me. It is none of their freakin' business anyways.

[TheIndependent]

Hmm. Individual donations under $200 aren't being reported? I like.

[bc2208]

I've heard there is a Minimum amount required to appear on the report. Not only is that illogical, but Sam Brownback received several $25 donations.



explain?

[kylejack]

explain?

Reporting the >$200 donations is mandatory. Reporting <$200 is voluntary by the campaign.

[NinjaPirate]

I'm seeing lists of donors who contributed $50-$60 appearing on the list. I donated a total of 65 bones. :/

[Brock Landers]

Dammit, I had it all planned out so my reported donations would add up to $1776. But a $200 donation isn't showing up, so I look like a goofball who donated a total of $1556 in Q2-Q3. :(

Stange thing is, I can find the email receipts for all of the donations except the $326 (one of the ones which shows up on fec.gov).

I know...it's fairly pointless to complain about, but as long as my donations are forced to be reported I think their proper patterns should be reported as well.

[bbachtung]

Dammit, I had it all planned out so my reported donations would add up to $1776. But a $200 donation isn't showing up, so I look like a goofball who donated a total of $1556 in Q2-Q3. :(

Stange thing is, I can find the email receipts for all of the donations except the $326 (one of the ones which shows up on fec.gov).

I know...it's fairly pointless to complain about, but as long as my donations are forced to be reported I think their proper patterns should be reported as well.

You know what would really teach them a lesson?

Contributing $524 more.

[jd603]

this happened to me last cycle, one of my donations showed, the other didn't... however, the one that didn't show last time is on this one! :)



http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/startList.do?stateName=NY&zip_3=103&cand_id=P80000748&showType=page

My name should be on this list. I donated in June, and was told I didn't donate in time to make the report and that it would appear on the next report. I donated twice in August, and thrice in September.

I've heard there is a Minimum amount required to appear on the report. Not only is that illogical, but Sam Brownback received several $25 donations.

Where is my money?

[JenHarris]

My 3 big donations showed up but none of my smaller ones did. Either way, they have the money, I guess I don't mind that my name on the list isn't repeated 10 times :)

[surf]

i didn't see my or my girlfriends pledges. i did see this:
NOVOSELIC, KRIST MR. SELF/MUSICIAN BELLEVUE WA 98005 09/18/2007 $250 Ron Paul

[wbbgjr]

my donations for q2 used to show up but it quickly disappeared. the search function doesn't seem to work properly.

I was surprised to see that my name shows up in Ron Paul's Q3 expenditures. apparently I maxed out and buying from the campaign store counts as a donation too.

[kmj.ronpaul]

I donated $500+ in Q3, but *none* of my contributions are showing up... the weird thing is that one of the donations was $300 at one time. As other posters have said, as long as the Paul campaign has my money, I guess I don't care that I'm not in the database. But it's still kind of weird. No doubt a problem with the government's search function.

[daviddee]

...

[LibertyEagle]

I'm seeing all kinds of donations less than $200.

[pyrazole2]

i didn't see my or my girlfriends pledges. i did see this:
NOVOSELIC, KRIST MR. SELF/MUSICIAN BELLEVUE WA 98005 09/18/2007 $250 Ron Paul

sweet.

I wasn't on the list either and I'm up to $800, given in three chunks..a couple were over $300. Actually, glad my name's not up there so my girlfriend can't see that I've been secretly funneling home improvement cash to Ron Paul. I'd have some 'splainin' to do.

[Paulitician]

So maybe we don't know the whole truth about the military donations. It could be much higher. Also, that could mean the contributions by state might be a bit off.

[Rich333]

I'm kind of glad I'm not on the list. If Paul doesn't win, I think a lot of the people on the list may find themselves being audited by the IRS or otherwise harassed by the government.

[born2drv]

This quarter I paid something like $1000-1200 I can't remember because I kept paying $100 here, $250 there, $200, etc....

It only shows I donated $500 total.

So who knows....? I don't care really, as long as RP got my money... maybe this is an excuse for me to donate more then $2300 ;)