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Their periods lie within January 1 through October 1, 2026, but differ by account and contain gaps. The directory preserves 181 additional ID pairs with no included amounts. The selected subset excludes 32 reports with date, semantic or arithmetic issues and 516 additional reports without the required explicit values. Earlier metadata exclusions, other forms and other periods are outside this cohort.","source_note":"The official October 3 bulk archive supplies report versions and SMRY summary values. Every included A1 plus A2 equals A3, and A3 matches Form 460 Column A line 1. Missing or null values were never changed to zero. These checks verify reported summary consistency, not the donor or payment schedules. Raw contribution and expenditure imports have unresolved records and are not published here.","usage_note":"Public-interest reporting only, not a solicitation or contact list. 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