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Use Affiliation to describe the affiliation of a political committee with a
Party or a
Person. The
Affiliation element includes
AffiliationCollection, which contains the full set of Affiliation objects for
a given committee in the feed.
Elements
The following table shows the elements for Affiliation:
Element
Multiplicity
Type
Description
EndDate
0 or 1
PartialDate
The latest possible date in which a committee had this classification.
If the affiliation is current, don't include this element.
PartyId
0 or 1
IDREF
The IDREF of the affiliated party.
PersonId
0 or 1
IDREF
The IDREF of the affiliated party.
StartDate
0 or 1
PartialDate
The earliest possible date in which a committee had this
classification. If a start date is unknown, don't include this
element.
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