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How to read PolitiCal

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Where facts come from

Every fact carries who asserted it and when we retrieved it, with a preserved copy of the unaltered original. Where an official ordering exists (like ballot order) we use it; where none exists we use a published mechanical rule. We neither suppress nor emphasize official public records.

Corrections

When we’re wrong, we correct the record publicly.

Funding

Funder list: none yet. Grant applications in progress will be listed here once funds are received.

Our funding rules: no political money at any remove; no funder above ~30% of budget; all funders disclosed within 30 days; no advertising; no sale or sharing of data; no funder influence over editorial method, stated in every agreement.